ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,395, issued on June 24, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Actuator" was invented by Masao Tsuchihashi (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case of an actuator includes a cylinder member and a first lid member closing one opening of the cylinder member. A fixing part fixing the first lid member and the cylinder member includes a first protrusion protruding from the first lid member, a second protrusion protruding from the first lid member on a second direction X2 side of the first protrusion, a first recessed part into which the first protrusion is inserted, and a second recessed part into which the ...