ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,794, issued on June 17, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Axially driving actuator" was invented by Yuu Yaguchi (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for externally manipulating a clutch within a machine rotatable about an axis is provided with a driving unit including a plurality of magnetic coils arranged around the axis, each of the coils being arranged to generate a magnetic flux in a direction parallel to the axis; an armature disposed coaxially with the axis and opposed axially to the driving unit, the armature being movable axially; and a plunger coupled with the armature to...