US Patent Issued to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS on Feb. 10 for "Flight control surface actuation system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,396, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Vernon, France).

"Flight control surface actuation system" was invented by Karl Potier (Paris), Raphael Medina (Pierrefitte sur Seine, France) and Quentin Ricard (Eaubonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flight control surface actuation system includes a rotary actuator having an output part configured to rotate about an axis (R-R), a connecting rod for connecting a flight control surface to the rotary actuator, and a connection mechanism connecting a first end of the connecting rod to the output part such that rotation of the output part about the axis ...