ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,633, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C. (Sherbrooke, Canada).

"Actuator system for articulated mechanism" was invented by Jeff Denis (Sherbrooke, Canada), Alexandre Girard (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Jean-Sebastien Plante (Sherbrooke, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator system for articulated mechanism may have a fluid actuator having a displaceable member operating an output configured to apply an output force to the articulated mechanism. A fluid system may be in fluid communication with the fluid actuator to supply the fluid actuator with motive fluid to contribute to the output force. The ...