ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,067, issued on March 18, was assigned to Siemens Industry Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Actuator device having power spring retention" was invented by Samuel Waldmann (Barrington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described an actuator device comprising a single molded housing, a linear bridge feature, a spring hook retention feature, and a power spring. The single molded housing is formed by integrating the linear bridge feature across the single molded housing and the spring hook retention feature to one side of the linear bridge feature. The power spring is inserted laterally through the linear bridge feature of the actuato...