ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,078, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JIECANG LINEAR MOTION TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shaoxing, China).

"Self-locking mechanism, motor, and linear actuator" was invented by Yujie Cen (Shaoxing, China) and Shiyi Tang (Shaoxing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-locking mechanism, a motor, and a linear actuator, which relate to the field of self-locking mechanisms and have a stable self-locking performance. The self-locking mechanism includes a friction ring and a mounting seat fixed relative to the friction ring, a notch being provided on the friction ring, the friction ring being sleeved over a rotary body to be brake...