ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,643, issued on July 15, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Actuator" was invented by Shinji Hatano (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This actuator includes a movable body provided with a magnet and a yoke, and a support body provided with a case and a coil. A first case member includes a first case third side plate portion and a first case fourth side plate portion that are opposed in an X direction. A coil holder includes press-fitted fixed portions that are press-fitted between the first case third side plate portion and the first case fourth side plate portion. The press-fitted fixed portions inc...