ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,235, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Direct drive system" was invented by Weiling Shi (Shenzhen, China), Yu Qin (Shenzhen, China), Shun Guo (Shenzhen, China) and Min Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides direct drive system, belongs to drive systems field. The direct drive system includes: base and slide spaced from the base, the base being provided with stator assembly, slide being provided with rotor assembly; rotor assembly including a first magnetic conductor and a plurality of magnets arranged on the first magnetic conductor...