ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,227, issued on April 14, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).
"Flap actuator" was invented by Andreas Winter (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The flap actuator comprises a flap, an actuating drive for opening and closing the flap, and a linkage mechanism comprising a toggle joint comprising a first and second legs rotatably supported at a first and second rotation point, respectively, and rotatably connected to each other at a third rotation point. The second leg includes a guiding slot. The first leg includes a guiding projection engaged and moveably supported in the guiding slot. The toggle joint further com...