ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,941, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Actuator assembly" was invented by Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain), James Howarth (Cambridge, Great Britain), Robin Eddington (Cambridge, Great Britain), Stephen Matthew Bunting (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Oliver Hart (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly (1) comprising: a support structure (10) comprising a first friction surface (10f); a movable part (20) comprising a second friction surface (20f) engaging the first friction surface; one or more SMA wires (40) arrange...