ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,446, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Actuator and fluid control apparatus" was invented by Yutoku Kawabata (Kyoto, Japan) and Nobuhira Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a frame, a central flat plate and connecting members. The frame has a regular square opening. The central flat plate has a circular shape and is disposed inside the regular square opening. A driving device is attached to the central flat plate. The connecting members are disposed inside the regular square opening at a position between the central flat plate and the frame. The conn...