ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,673, issued on May 27, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Solenoid actuator and method for manufacturing solenoid actuator" was invented by Hirofumi Saito (Takizawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid actuator 1 (1A, 1B) includes: a coil 3; a first stator 10 and a second stator 20 disposed with an air gap 11 therebetween in an axial direction so as to form a magnetic path 4 around the coil 3; and a mover 50 configured to move in the axial direction toward the second stator 20 from an original position radially inward of the first stator 10 by a magnetic force generated by energizing the coil 3. The first stator 10 in...