ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,578, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ELECTRICFIL AUTOMOTIVE (Beynost, France).
"Actuator for a land-based motor vehicle component" was invented by Laurent Roussel (Saint-Priest, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an actuator comprising at least one epicyclic gear stage (28, 28.1, 28.2), and including an angular position sensor (42) comprising a target (46) mounted in a secured manner on a connecting rod (52) which is secured in rotation to a output mechanical connector (24) of the actuator (10), characterized in that the input component of the epicyclic gear stage is guided in rotation on the connecting...