ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,419, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Actuator assembly" was invented by Robin Eddington (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Robert Langhorne (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly comprising: a first part; a second part that is movable relative to the first part; and one or more actuating units each configured to apply an actuating force to the second part capable of moving the second part relative to the first part, wherein each actuating unit comprises: a body portion; a bearing arrangement between the body portion and the first or second ...