US Patent Issued to Mechano Transformer, SATAKE on March 17 for "Displacement magnifying mechanism, actuator, polishing device, electronic component processing apparatus, dispenser, and air valve" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,499, issued on March 17, was assigned to Mechano Transformer Corp. (Tokyo) and SATAKE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Displacement magnifying mechanism, actuator, polishing device, electronic component processing apparatus, dispenser, and air valve" was invented by Sze Keat Chee (Tokyo), Takeshi Yano (Tokyo) and Akio Yano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A displacement magnifying mechanism, polishing device, actuator, electronic component processing apparatus, dispenser, and air valve which can easily control a drive system. The displacement magnifying mechanism includes a base; a piezoelectric element of which an end is attached to a mounting...