US Patent Issued to RIDDER DRIVE SYSTEMS on April 7 for "Multi-turn limiting device and method of limiting the movement of a motor driven element" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,874, issued on April 7, was assigned to RIDDER DRIVE SYSTEMS B.V. (Harderwijk, Netherlands).

"Multi-turn limiting device and method of limiting the movement of a motor driven element" was invented by Steven Mulder (Harderwijk, Netherlands) and Vincentius Adrianus Franciscus Hoveling (Harderwijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-turn limiting device for limiting movement of an element driven by a motor includes a sensor configured to provide a sensor signal corresponding to a position of the element, a movable member mechanically couplable to the element via a transmission having a non-unitary first transmission rati...