US Patent Issued to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS on May 19 for "Linear actuator" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,285, issued on May 19, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Saint-Marcel, France).

"Linear actuator" was invented by Karl Potier (Paris) and Jerome Socheleau (Vernouillet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear actuator includes a housing, a piston rod having a longitudinal axis (A-A) and at least one locking arrangement. The piston rod is axially moveable in a first direction (D1) relative to the housing to extend the piston rod and is axially moveable in a second direction (D2) relative to the housing to retract the piston rod. The piston rod is rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to the housing between...