US Patent Issued to Rapid Design Solutions on Sept. 29 for "Fluid-pressure rotary actuator for clamping systems" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,641, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Rapid Design Solutions LLC (Spirit Lake, Idaho).

"Fluid-pressure rotary actuator for clamping systems" was invented by Troy William Ojalehto (Priest River, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discloses an improved fluid-pressure rotary actuator. The described rotary actuator is especially useful for opening and closing milling machine vises, or fixtures, in a power-dense configuration. In this way, the described rotary actuator delivers a high actuation torque and infinite rotation, which is especially useful for programmable opening and closing of milling machine vises over a ...