US Patent Issued to Linak on July 1 for "Locking against rotation of electric motor of a linear actuator" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,313, issued on July 1, was assigned to Linak A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Locking against rotation of electric motor of a linear actuator" was invented by Ulrik Nytoft Rasmussen (Nordborg, Denmark), Frederik Hedevang Lyngdorf (Aarhus V, Denmark), Michael Randlov (Vojens, Denmark) and Jesper Madsen Wolf (Broager, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a linear actuator with an improved electric motor. In particular, the invention focuses on improved technical solutions for braking or locking of a rotating electric motor by using an electro-mechanical locking mechanism. The mechanism uses a solenoid having ...