ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,869, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MICRO-EPSILON-MESSTECHNIK GMBH & Co. KG (Ortenburg, Germany).
"Electromagnetic actuator" was invented by Tobias Schopf (Haarbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator having a magnetic circuit comprising at least two, preferably three, magnetic circuit elements, wherein the magnetic circuit elements exert an attracting or repelling force on one another such that the actuator effects a movement, wherein the position of at least one of the magnetic circuit elements relative to another magnetic circuit element can be adjusted in order to inf...