ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,415, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SMW-Autoblok Spannsysteme GmbH (Germany).
"Mechatronic drive module" was invented by Emanuel Wolf (Markdorf, Germany) and Eckhard Maurer (Oberteuringen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to create a mechatronic drive module as a replacement for a hydraulically operated piston, it is proposed that a piston and an axial unit be provided, wherein the piston is mounted non-rotatably, but longitudinally displaceably, with respect to the axial unit, whereas the axial unit is arranged rotatably in a housing, but immovably in the longitudinal direction. The two elements mesh via a gate, i...