US Patent Issued to Thorlabs Measurement Systems on June 9 for "Actuator and beam steering mechanism using an actuator" (California, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,591, issued on June 9, was assigned to Thorlabs Measurement Systems Inc. (Blairstown, N.J.).

"Actuator and beam steering mechanism using an actuator" was invented by Simon Raab (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Mark S. Longmuir (Tamworth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator may include a stator supporting a magnet; a stationary pole; and a bobbin supporting a winding of a coil, the bobbin being coaxial with the stator and stationary pole, and positioned inside the magnet and outside the stationary pole. A gap may be provided between the bobbin and the stationary pole. A beam steering mechanism may include a mirror; a frame; a pi...