ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,963, issued on April 29, was assigned to LUXSHARE INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURE TECHNOLOGY (CHANGSHU) Co. LTD (Changshu, China).

"Actuation apparatus and electronic product" was invented by Po-Ying Tseng (Changshu, China) and Kai-Jing Fu (Changshu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an actuation apparatus and an electronic product that belong to the field of actuation apparatus technology. The actuation apparatus includes a support seat, a transmission member, an execution member, a roller, and a shape memory alloy line. The transmission member is slidably disposed on the support seat in a first direction. An abutting surface...