ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,919, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Festo SE & Co. KG (Esslingen, Germany).
"Linear drive" was invented by Andreas Wegener (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear drive includes an output member which is linearly movable with respect to a drive housing, and which has a spindle nut and a hollow output rod connected thereto. The output member is linearly displaceable by means of a rotationally drivable threaded spindle, which is inserted through the spindle nut into the output rod. To support the threaded spindle, a support apparatus is provided at its anterior end section, which has a rolling bearing and a slid...