ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,742, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"SMA actuator assembly" was invented by Joshua Carr (Cambridge, Great Britain), Daniel John Burbridge (Cambridge, Great Britain), Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown (Cambridge, Great Britain), Stephen Matthew Bunting (Cambridge, Great Britain), David Richards (Cambridge, Great Britain), Samuel Armstrong (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Robin Eddington (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An SMA actuator assembly (2) comprising: a support structure (10); a movable part (20) that is movable relative to the support structure; and a...