ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,576, issued on Jan. 20.
"Aviation speed brake assembly actuated by a pneumaticactuator" was invented by Timothy J. Schelhorn (Nampa, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aviation speed brake assembly having a fuselage-conformal belly-mounted aviation speed brake panel and having a pilot controlled speed brake pneumatic actuator that a pilot may choose to energize to extend and to de-energize to retract said speed brake panel. The invention is particularly useful in effecting a modification of a preexisting experimental light sport aircraft that results in a more capable aircraft with improved low speed flight characteristics and i...