US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUXENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on April 8 for "Cable actuator with improved force sensitivity" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,459, issued on April 8, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUXENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Cable actuator with improved force sensitivity" was invented by Philippe Garrec (Gif sur Yvette, France) and Alexandre Verney (Les Echelles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable actuator (100) having a frame (10); a screw (2) rotatably mounted on the frame (10) and extending along a first axis (Ox); a nut (4) cooperating with the screw (2); a mechanism (30) for estimating the angular movement of the nut (4) about the first axis (Lx) relative to the frame (10); and a distance sensor (30) secured to the frame (10) an...