US Patent Issued to SILMACH, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE on June 30 for "Electromechanical microsystem for moving a mechanical part in two opposite directions" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,352, issued on June 30, was assigned to SILMACH (Besancon, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE FRANCHE-COMTE (Besancon, France).

"Electromechanical microsystem 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 disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical system comprising a support and an actuator comprising a drive module comprising: a fixed drive portion, mounted fixedly on the support, a...