US Patent Issued to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS on Feb. 17 for "Double flanged clevis pins for aircraft flight control cable pulley systems" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,519, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Double flanged clevis pins for aircraft flight control cable pulley systems" was invented by Gavin Smith (Wichita, Kan.) and David M. Vallade (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Double flanged clevis pins are provided in aircraft flight control pulley systems and are mounted between the opposed side walls of the pulley mounting bracket at a closely spaced separation distance relative to a respective pulley and the cable retained within the pulley groove. The outboard facing surface of each of the clevis pin flanges is positioned in abuttin...