ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,083, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Alkon Corp. (Fremont, Ohio).
"Multistage landing gear actuator" was invented by Shane R. LaHousse (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Christopher Domanski (Brighton, Mich.) and Robert L. Allen (Linden, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A landing gear system including a landing gear actuator assembly arranged to selectably provide an increased torque output to a cross-shaft adaptor rotationally coupled to a cross-shaft of a trailer landing gear assembly. A rotational engagement mechanism is arranged to, in response to a remote signal, shift a rotational engagement mechanism to selectably couple the cross-sha...