US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Nov. 11 for "High-integrity actuator controller and control systems" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,157, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"High-integrity actuator controller and control systems" was invented by Darrell W. Horner (Tempe, Ariz.) and Ronald Vaughan (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-integrity electromechanical actuator control system includes a system function controller, a plurality of actuator controllers, and at least one electromechanical actuator. Each actuator controller includes a primary channel having a first controller, a second controller, and a duty cycle computation circuit, and includes a backup channel having a backup controller. The fir...