ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,745, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Goodrich Actuation Systems SAS (Vernon, France).

"Stop for a rotary actuator" was invented by Karl Potier (Aix en Provence, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for damping rotary motion of a component. The device comprises a first part adapted to be mounted to the component so as to rotate therewith, and a second part adapted to be fixed such that the first part moves towards the second part when the component rotates in a first direction (D1). At least one surface of the first part and a corresponding at least one surface of the second part are angled such that, as the first part mo...