ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,518, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Solenoid actuator" was invented by Takeshi Kudo (Takizawa, Japan) and Toshiki Ogasawara (Takizawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solenoid actuator 1 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 be movable in the axial direction to a maximum stroke position (X=Xmax) from an original position (X=0) on a radially inner side of the first stator 10 toward the second stator 20 by a magnetic force generated by energ...