ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,994, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Kongsberg Automotive Holding 2 AS (Kongsberg, Norway).
"Screw and nut linear drive assembly" was invented by Ketil Pettersen (Kongsberg, Norway), Kjell Ivar Karlsen (Porsgrunn, Norway), Christer Oldeide (Drammen, Norway), Henrik Haugum (Kongsberg, Norway), Stein-Erik Arne (Lorenskog, Norway), Jacob Jung (Fornebu, Norway), Bjorn Iverson (Kongsberg, Norway) and Bard Vestgard (Lier, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw and nut linear drive assembly includes a housing, a screw within the housing, an electric motor for rotating the screw, a nut which is driven, when the screw is rotated, to...