ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,566, issued on June 9, was assigned to Textron Aviation Inc. (Wichita, Kan.).
"Apparatus and method for trimming an aircraft stabilizer" was invented by Robert Glynn Wiegers (Wichita, Kan.) and Jeremy Phillip Taylor (Bel Aire, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft structure includes a fuselage, a tail structure, a hinge support structure, and at least one internal actuator. The tail structure is pivotally attached to the fuselage and includes a tailcone and horizontal stabilizers fixed to the tailcone. Each of the horizontal stabilizers have a stabilizer leading edge and a stabilizer trailing edge and extend in opposite dire...