US Patent Issued to SILMACH, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE on Aug. 11 for "Microelectromechanical system for moving a mechanical part in two opposite directions" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,551, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SILMACH (Besancon, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE (Besancon, France).

"Microelectromechanical system for moving a mechanical part in two opposite directions" was invented by Thierry Cote (Gennes, France), Patrice Minotti (Gennes, France), Gilles Bourbon (Besancon, France) and Patrice Le Moal (Besancon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a microelectromechanical system (10) comprising a drive module (200) comprising: a fixed drive portion (210), a movable drive portion (220), and a suspension (230),...