US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Creep mitigation in ball-bearing systems" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,119, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Creep mitigation in ball-bearing systems" was invented by Clinton Smith (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted display includes a varifocal actuation block and an optics block coupled to the varifocal actuation block. An anti-creep system located in the varifocal actuation block includes a plurality of anti-creep mechanisms that are configured to prevent bearing ball creep associated with bearing balls in the varifocal actuation block. The bearing balls are used to move a movable carriage that is coupled to a fixed c...