ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,060, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RIVERFIELD INC. (Tokyo).
"Soft actuator fixing method and soft actuator device" was invented by Takahiro Kanno (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for fixing a soft actuator to a base, the soft actuator including a cylinder that includes a flange at an end in an axial direction, the cylinder being elastic in the axial direction and in a circumferential direction; and a coil that is wound around the cylinder in a spiral shape, suppresses a diameter expansion of the cylinder, and extends and contracts in the axial direction in accordance with an extension and contraction o...