ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,934, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PHYSIK INSTRUMENTE (PI) GMBH & Co. KG (Karlsruhe, Germany).

"Adjustment device for linearly moving a driven element" was invented by Dominik Bocskai (Iffezheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an adjustment device, comprising: a stator; a driven element; a guide apparatus for bearing the driven element in a guided manner with respect to the stator in a drive direction when the adjustment device is operational; a slider; a bearing apparatus which bears the slider so as to be movable relative to the stator in the drive direction; a drive device which drives the sli...