ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,953, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Actuator assembly" was invented by Stephen Matthew Bunting (Cambridge, Great Britain), Daniel John Burbridge (Cambridge, Great Britain), Joshua Carr (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Howarth (Cambridge, Great Britain), Robert Langhorne (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jason Tun (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly (100) comprises: a support structure (51); a movable part (10) that is movable relative to the support structure; and a set of one or more actuating units (80). Each actuating unit (80) is ...