ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,498, issued on March 25, was assigned to Skydio Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Coil actuator" was invented by Daniel Thomas Adams (Palo Alto, Calif.), Patrick Allen Lowe (Palo Alto, Calif.), Benjamin Scott Thompson (San Carlos, Calif.), Abraham Galton Bachrach (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and Adam Parker Bry (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator is introduced that utilizes the forces that result from placing a current carrying coil in a magnetic field to rotate a connected object about at least one axis. In some embodiments, the introduced coil actuator includes a coil of conductor coupled to an arm or other type o...