US Patent Issued to Colorado Research Ventures on May 12 for "Torque generation system and method" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,751, issued on May 12, was assigned to Colorado Research Ventures LLC (Aurora, Colo.).

"Torque generation system and method" was invented by Erik C. Buehler (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torque generation system and associated method are disclosed. A torque generation system may include a torque generator, transmission mechanism, frictional interface, squeezer plate, output plate, piezoelectric actuator, and controller. The system may transition between a zero-torque condition, where the squeezer plate is disengaged, and a torque generation condition, where the controller activates the actuator to engage the friction...