ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,687, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to HI-LEX ACT Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Electric actuator and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hiroshi Sato (Yokohama, Japan) and Shinichiro Kita (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electric actuator comprises an electric brushless motor having a rotor and a stator, and the control board has a plurality of electric components and controls operation of the brushless motor. The control board comprises a main board and a small board that has a smaller planar shape than the main board and that is connected to the main board via a connecting member. The small board has...