ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,316, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Thomas Magnete GmbH (Herdorf, Germany).
"Electromechanical actuator and actuator-valve unit" was invented by Artur Heidebrecht (Derschen, Germany) and Martin Engelberth (Daaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an electromechanical actuator, comprising a rotor; a stator, which has a recess; and at least one slider element, which is operatively connected to the rotor and is moved by a rotation of the rotor, wherein the slider element projects at least partially into the recess along a radial direction of the stator in the operating and/or idle state of the actuator...