ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,185, issued on May 27, was assigned to NIDEC SANKYO Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Actuator" was invented by Masao Tsuchihashi (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a connection body which is connected with a support body and a movable body and is provided with elasticity and/or viscoelasticity, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to move the movable body with respect to the support body. The movable body may include a support shaft, a tube-shaped part surrounding a magnet, a first inner frame part on one side of the tube-shaped part, and a second inner frame part on the other side of the tube-shaped part....