ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,725, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MEACOR INC. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Actuator for wire steered device" was invented by Tai Kien (Groton, Mass.), Toufic Azar (Montreal) and Ahmad Hijazi (Beirut).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating assembly (10) for a wire steered device (12) provided with at least one steering wire (14). The actuating assembly (10) includes a body (22) for mounting the wire steered device (12), an axle (38) mounted to the body, a wheel (24) mounted to the axle and including a wire attachment (96) for attaching the steering wire (14) thereto with the steering wire (14) wound around at least part of the wheel (...