US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 7 for "Filling an armature space of an actuator" (German, Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,809, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Filling an armature space of an actuator" was invented by Markus Moosmann (Grunkraut, Germany), Karlheinz Mayr (Bregenz, Austria), Thilo Schmidt (Meckenbeuren, Germany) and Dominik Guldenschuh (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic actuator (1) for an assembly, which has a fluid space configured to be fluidically connected to the actuator when the actuator is installed in the assembly, includes a movable armature in an armature space (6). The armature includes a movable armature rod (8). The actuator is configured to...