US Patent Issued to THALES on Sept. 15 for "Mechanical flight control actuator for an aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,174, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France).

"Mechanical flight control actuator for an aircraft" was invented by Jean-Claude Bourland (Chatellerault, France), Gilles Thouvenot (Valence, France), Herve Lorin (Poitiers, France) and Julien Courtial (Livron-sur-Drome, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical flight control actuator, intended to provide assistance for piloting an aircraft, includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor and a backup assist shaft. The backup assist shaft is adapted to be set into rotation by the second electric motor. The backup assist shaft includes a backup assis...