ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,532, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Actuator assembly" was invented by Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain), Stephen Bunting (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Howarth (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Daniel Burbridge (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly comprises a static part and a movable part. A helical bearing arrangement supporting the movable part on the static part guides helical movement of the movable part with respect to the static part around a helical axis. One or more actuators, that are not shape memor...