ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,603, issued on March 24, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Autothrottle system for aircraft" was invented by Alec Charles Willford (Wichita, Kan.), Ronald J. Parker (Wichita, Kan.) and Michael R. DePinto (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an automatic throttle arrangement utilizing a servo which receives commands from a controller on an aircraft and responsively rotates a mechanical device that is linked by a cable arrangement with the aircraft's throttle lever enabling automated throttle control. The mechanical device can be fixed to the throttle lever assembly using rivets design...