US Patent Issued to MIKUNI on June 30 for "Electromagnetic actuator" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,021, issued on June 30, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electromagnetic actuator" was invented by Ryosuke Dakiishi (Iwate, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic actuator includes a stator, a coil for excitation, a mover, a shaft of a single outer diameter, and a buffer unit. The mover moves in a predetermined axis direction to move to an actuation position due to energization of the coil and return to a rest position due to non-energization of the coil. The shaft is fixed to the mover and exerts a driving force to outside. The buffer unit is held at the mover and positions the mover at the rest position while...