US Patent Issued to Applied Materials on Nov. 3 for "Off-axis motion characterization of a linear actuator" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,119, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Off-axis motion characterization of a linear actuator" was invented by Andrew Thomas Koll (West Linn, Ore.), Ayra Mae Sears (Portland, Ore.) and Jered Dean Richter (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A precision motion characterization system includes an interferometer configured to emit a laser beam, a first object coupled to a non-moving portion of a linear actuator, and a second object coupled to a moving body of the linear actuator. The first object is configured to reflect a first portion of the laser beam and the second object is co...