ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,106, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).

"Actuator with movable body and support body having magnets and yokes with different thicknesses" was invented by Masao Tsuchihashi (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a magnetic drive mechanism causing a movable body disposed inside a cylindrical case to vibrate. The movable body includes a support shaft, a magnet, a first yoke abutting against the magnet from one side in an axial direction, and a second yoke abutting against the magnet from an other side in the axial direction. A thickness in the axial direction of the ma...