ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,103, issued on June 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Active guide roller and elevator device" was invented by Shimpei Momoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an active guide roller and an elevator device according to the present invention, one of an actuator movable portion and an actuator fixed portion includes: a yoke, and a pair of magnets, which are configured to generate a magnetic field intersecting a pivot plane of the guide lever, and another one of the actuator movable portion and the actuator fixed portion includes: a bobbin; and a coil. Contact between the coil and the magnet is avoidable by ...