US Patent Issued to Ewellix on June 17 for "Linear actuator and heating method" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,856, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ewellix AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Linear actuator and heating method" was invented by Larsson Reine (Gothenburg, Sweden) and DagArne Rorvik (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear actuator and a method for heating a linear actuator. An electric motor is configured to generate rotational motion in a first operating mode of the linear actuator. A transmission mechanism is configured to convert the rotational motion generated by the electric motor into translational motion. The linear actuator is further configured to generate heat in a second operating mode."

The patent was f...