ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,020, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NTN Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electric actuator" was invented by Koji Sato (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shinsuke Hirano (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing 10 that accommodates an electric motor 2 and a ball screw 30 as a motion conversion mechanism 3 includes a first case 11 that is made of an aluminum alloy and accommodates the electric motor 2 and a second case 12 that is coupled to the first case 11 in an axial direction in a state of accommodating the ball screw 30. The electric motor 2 is supported by the second case 12 via a metal bracket 8 and a screw 9, and the entire outer su...