ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,787, issued on July 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Driving mechanism" was invented by Ying-Jen Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part connected to the fixed part, a first connecting member, and a first wire. The first connecting member is hinged to the fixed part and connected to the movable part. The first wire has SMA material and is connected between the fixed part and the first connecting member. When the first wire contracts...