ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,226, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to RATIER-FIGEAC SAS (Figeac, France).
"Assembly for an aircraft" was invented by Ghislain Teyssier (Brengues, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for maintaining the pitch angle of a flight control surface for an aircraft. The assembly includes a shaft comprising a screw thread and defining a shaft axis, and a nut. The nut includes a housing, a barrel located in the housing and comprising a screw thread for engaging with the screw thread of the shaft, and at least one locking element located in the housing. The housing comprises a radially inner cam surface adjacent to the locking e...