ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,642, 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, and vibrates the movable body. The yoke includes a first opposing portion and a second opposing portion that oppose the coil from both sides in a Z direction. A pair of second joining plate portions that extend from both ends of the second opposing portion are fitted inside a pair of first joining plate portions that extend from both ends of the ...