US Patent Issued to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES on May 27 for "Connection adapter for multiple PCBs in actuator" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,192, issued on May 27, was assigned to STONERIDGE CONTROL DEVICES INC. (Novi, Mich.).

"Connection adapter for multiple PCBs in actuator" was invented by Michael Howard (Brooklyn, Mich.) and Steffen Ehrich (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a housing, a motor that is mounted to the housing and operatively coupled to an output shaft, a first PCB that is arranged in the housing near the motor and includes a motor circuit, a second PCB that is arranged in the housing and spaced at a gap from the first PCB, and an electrical adapter that is arranged in the gap and operatively electrically connects the firs...