ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,773, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to IMASEN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Aichi, Japan).
"Positioning device and control method thereof" was invented by Kentaro Nagatani (Aichi, Japan) and Koichi Yamanoue (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning device contains an actuator composed of a DC motor, a deceleration mechanism, and a single-phase rotation sensor for detecting the amount of rotational displacement of the deceleration mechanism, and an electronic control unit that electrically drives the DC motor. The electronic control unit learns the time required for the motor to stop after turning off the power, and ...