ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,436, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Linear actuator with protection mechanism" was invented by Yu-Chang Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear actuator (1) with the protection mechanism includes: a motor case (10) having a case member (11) with a bottom plate (111) on which a through hole (114) is formed; a drive mechanism (20) accommodated in the case member (11); a transmission mechanism (30) having a machine core (31), a bearing (32), a base seat (33) with an extending plate (332) on which a penetrated hole (333) is formed, and a fasten unit (34) with...