ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,123, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Archibald Corp. (Radiant, Va.).

"Electric motor having stationary drive mechanism" was invented by Stephen Bell (Radiant, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A servo motor system having a direct drive motor, a controller, an encoder and a ball screw nut. The system may include a direct drive motor and a controller communicatively coupled to the direct drive motor and configured to provide a control signal to the direct drive motor to control rotational motion. The system may further include an encoder coupled to the direct drive motor and the controller and configured to provide a feedback signa...