US Patent Issued to Luxshare Intelligent Manufacture Technology (Changshu) on Aug. 5 for "Actuation apparatus and actuation method" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,952, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Luxshare Intelligent Manufacture Technology (Changshu) Co. Ltd (Changshu, China).

"Actuation apparatus and actuation method" 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 actuation method that belong to the field of actuation apparatus technology. The actuation apparatus includes a support seat, a swing arm, an braking arm, an elastic member, a first shape memory alloy line, and a second shape memory alloy line. The swing arm is mounted on the support seat and rotatable about a swing axis....