ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,709, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rotary reciprocating drive actuator" was invented by Kai Masamoto (Tokyo), Yuki Takahashi (Tokyo), Yasutaka Kitamura (Tokyo), Masaharu Kagami (Tokyo) and Yuki Otsuka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary reciprocating drive actuator includes: a movable body including a shaft part to which a magnet is fixed, the movable body being configured to perform a reciprocating rotation about an axis; a base portion including a pair of wall portions for supporting the shaft part via a bearing; and a core assembly including: a core body including a plurality of ma...