US Patent Issued to Solient on Aug. 25 for "Actuator assembly with redundant drivers and linkages to mitigate fault conditions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,472, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Solient LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Actuator assembly with redundant drivers and linkages to mitigate fault conditions" was invented by Gonzalo J. Rey (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly provides redundancy to maintain operation when a driver link is inoperable due to jamming or breakage of a prime mover, gear, link, or other drivetrain component. The actuator assembly includes a first motor and a second motor that each generate rotational forces. A first driver link is coupled to the first motor and to a first output link. Similarly, a second driver link is coupl...