US Patent Issued to Brunswick on July 22 for "Electric linear actuator with position sensing" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,401, issued on July 22, was assigned to Brunswick Corp. (Mettawa, Ill.).

"Electric linear actuator with position sensing" was invented by Eric S. Deuel (Allendale, Mich.) and Shawn W. Lubeno (Hobe Sound, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric linear actuator has a housing extending along a longitudinal axis. A spindle is provided in the housing and extends along the longitudinal axis. A rod is coaxially coupled to the spindle and extends from a proximal end located in the housing to a distal end located outside the housing. The rod is movable along the longitudinal axis in response to rotation of the spindle. A circuit board...