US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on Dec. 16 for "Actuator, drive apparatus, and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,831, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Actuator, drive apparatus, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Akihiro Nakata (Tokyo), Satoshi Nakamaru (Tokyo), Yoshio Goto (Tokyo), Michiko Nakao (Tokyo) and Kazuhiko Miyahara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes an actuator body that includes a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a first constraining member that is provided on the first surface, and constrains the first surface from expanding and contracting, and a second constraining member that is provided on the second surface, and constrains the second surface fr...