US Patent Issued to OMNITEK PARTNERS on July 21 for "Actuation mechanism for actuating a device and method for actuating a device" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,378, issued on July 21, was assigned to OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.).

"Actuation mechanism for actuating a device and method for actuating a device" was invented by Jahangir S. Rastegar (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and Jacques Fischer (Sound Beach, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating mechanism including: a base having a helically shaped passage; a movable mass having a helically shaped projection, a first surface of the helically shaped projection mating with a corresponding second surface of the helically shaped passage; and a spring biasing the first surface against the second surface when the base is not being accel...