US Patent Issued to Liftwave on Nov. 11 for "Pneumatic operation and self-alignment of linear actuator" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,484, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Liftwave Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Pneumatic operation and self-alignment of linear actuator" was invented by Blake Sessions (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes techniques for a self-aligning system within a belt-driven linear actuator that enables a "keyless" or "round profile" piston to be sealed while maintaining an aligning and/or torque resisting ability. This enables the airspaces within the electromechanical actuator could be pressurized to perform a secondary load holding function that is redundant to the linear screw device."

The patent was filed on April...