US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 28 for "Actuation device, and refueling port or charging port flap assembly" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,753, issued on July 28, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Actuation device, and refueling port or charging port flap assembly" was invented by Yuan Sun (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an actuation device and a refueling port or charging port flap assembly. The actuation device comprises: a housing, a rotary motion mechanism, a linear motion mechanism, a rotary output mechanism and a linear output mechanism. The rotary motion mechanism and the linear motion mechanism are mounted inside the housing. The rotary output mechanism and the linear output mechanism are connect...