US Patent Issued to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO on July 21 for "Electro-pneumatic cable cutter assembly for aircraft hoist" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,141, issued on July 21, was assigned to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO LLC (Vancouver, Wash.).

"Electro-pneumatic cable cutter assembly for aircraft hoist" was invented by Ramesh Maheshwarappa (Bangalore, India) and Poly John (Cochin, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable cutter assembly for an aircraft hoist is disclosed, and includes an actuator assembly (e.g., at least one pressurized fluid cavity, a first outlet port, and a solenoid that includes a coil and an armature). The armature is movable between closed and open positions relative to the first outlet port (e.g., via an actuation force), with the armature engaging the first out...