ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,942, issued on May 13, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Control surface locking system for tactical flight vehicle" was invented by Zachariah A. Seasly (Tucson, Ariz.) and Edgar R. Melkers (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control surface restraining system for variably preventing movement of a control surface imparted by a control actuation shaft of a control actuation section of a tactical flight vehicle includes a power take-off shaft operably connected to the control actuation shaft with a power take-off gear train and a control surface restraint. The control surface restraint is configured to variabl...