ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,482, issued on June 23, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Moving magnet tilt actuator" was invented by Steven C. Palomino (McKinney, Texas) and Mikhail Godkin (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving magnet voice coil actuator includes a bobbin that defines a non-straight opening for receiving a magnetic piece. The bobbin may be additively manufactured to a desired shape. The moving magnetic piece may be a curved piece that has a shape that corresponds to the shape of the opening. The magnetic piece may include a stack of magnets, which may be tapered, to allow limited tilting movement of the magnetic piece wi...