US Patent Issued to Moog on June 30 for "Multiple load path actuator with fault detection" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,352, issued on June 30, was assigned to Moog Inc. (East Aurora, N.Y.).

"Multiple load path actuator with fault detection" was invented by Seth E. Gitnes (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator comprising first and second motors, first and second drive linkages, and a pivot mount configured to pivot about a pivot axis, the pivot mount connected to the first and second drive linkages at first and second mount connections offset first and second offset distances from the pivot axis, the motors and first and second drive linkages configured to provide first and second load paths between a drive housing and the pivot ...