US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Oct. 27 for "Thermally responsive actuator" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,701, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Thermally responsive actuator" was invented by Jian Wang (Shanghai), Ding Xue (Shanghai), Yanxing Wu (Shanghai), Jing Cheng (Shanghai), Jingyi Wang (Shanghai) and Zhigeng Wei (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The thermally responsive actuator described in this disclosure includes a housing, a thermal expansion material, a piston, and a closure assembly. The housing has an internal cavity and an opening that leads into the cavity. The thermal expansion material is placed inside the cavity. The piston extends at least partially through the openin...