ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,299, issued on April 21, was assigned to MICROTECNICA S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).
"Tail rotor bearing condition monitoring" was invented by Andrea Mornacchi (Turin, Italy) and Enrico Quaglia (Chieri, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for monitoring torque applied to a control rod of an actuator, the control rod mounted within and rotational relative to a housing, the assembly comprising a torsional spring located between the control rod and the housing, and one or more sensors for monitoring angular displacement of the control rod relative to the housing as consequence of torque applied to the control rod transmitted throu...