ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,410, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Actuator mechanism" was invented by Robert Giannella (Irvine, Calif.), Thomas Young (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kostandinos Papanikolaou (Corona, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The actuator can include a driver coupled with a motor. The actuator can include a shaft extending through the driver. The actuator can include an anchor coupled with the shaft. The motor can be configured to translate the anchor at a first time by translation of the shaft through the driver. The motor can be configured to rotate the anchor at a second time by rotation of the s...