ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,414, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (Shanghai) and Beijing Xiaomi Robot Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Linear driving mechanism" was invented by Chunjiang Li (Shanghai), Yuntong Li (Shanghai), Bing Xie (Shanghai), Liang Jiang (Shanghai) and Chuiyou Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a linear drive mechanism, including a housing, a front cover, a rear cover, a stator, and a rotor. The linear drive mechanism further includes a rolling lead screw, a first bearing, and a second bearing. The rolling lead screw includes a central lead screw and a l...