US Patent Issued to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems on April 21 for "Actuator and method for precise positioning" (Massachusetts, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,825, issued on April 21, was assigned to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Actuator and method for precise positioning" was invented by Jordan S. Wachs (Sudbury, Mass.) and Joseph H. Ho (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Actuator systems and methods are provided. The actuator enables small positional changes to be made between a base and a moveable element. The actuator includes prime movers that apply a force to change a dimension of a body or stem of the actuator in a first direction, which changes a dimension of the stem in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction...