ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,096, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electromagnetic actuator with bobbin with positioning part for positioning stator" was invented by Takeshi Kudo (Iwate, Japan) and Hiroki Sasaki (Iwate, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic actuator includes: a mover, reciprocating along a predetermined axis line; a first stator and a second stator, accommodating the mover to be capable of reciprocating in a direction of the axis line and arranged spaced apart in the direction of the axis line; and a bobbin, arranged around the first stator and the second stator and around which a coil for excitation is...