ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,499, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Moog Wolverhampton Ltd. (Wolverhampton, Great Britain).
"Linear actuator" was invented by Glynn Thomas (Penkridge, Great Britain) and Paul Buttery (Newport, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear actuator (100) comprising a stroke axis (102), an actuator rod (104) extending along the stroke axis. The actuator rod comprises: an actuator rod outer surface (110), and a first screw thread (108) on a portion of the actuator rod outer surface; a sleeve (118) positioned around, and coaxial with, the actuator rod. The sleeve comprises: a sleeve inner surface (122), a sleeve outer surface...