US Patent Issued to Goodrich Actuation Systems on Aug. 25 for "Flight control actuator" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,574, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Goodrich Actuation Systems SAS (Vernon, France).

"Flight control actuator" was invented by Karl Potier (Aix en Provence, France), Jennifer Davis (Carlsbad, Calif.), Raphael Medina (Pierrefitte sur Seine, France) and Jerome Socheleau (Vernouillet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wing panel actuator assembly includes: an actuator housing; an actuator piston arranged in the actuator housing and axially movable relative to the actuator housing; a connecting rod attached, at one end, to an end of the piston extending from the actuator housing; the actuator housing and piston arranged to be a...