US Patent Issued to Maxon International on Oct. 7 for "Actuator for generating a combination of an axial and an oscillating movement" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,780, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Maxon International AG (Sachseln, Switzerland).

"Actuator for generating a combination of an axial and an oscillating movement" was invented by Justin Taylor (Lakeville, Mass.), David Mello (Swansea, Mass.) and Christopher Blake (Taunton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The actuator has a spindle drive comprising a threaded shaft and a spindle nut. The spindle nut is rotatably actuatable to generate a main axial movement of the threaded shaft along an axis of the threaded shaft. The actuator comprises an oscillating device and the spindle nut is movably arranged along the axis. The oscillati...