Patent 11173766 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A suspension component includes a suspension spring, a screw actuator that is operable to compress and decompress the suspension spring upon supply of electrical power to the screw actuator, and locking structure that engages a portion of the screw actuator to restrain motion of the screw actuator to maintain a current degree of compression of the suspension spring.