US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Feb. 24 for "Rudder system for an aircraft" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,225, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Rudder system for an aircraft" was invented by Seth Alan Whittington (Bothell, Wash.) and Joseph E. Elliott (Shoreline, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rudder system of an aircraft includes a first shaft assembly and a second shaft assembly. Each of the first shaft assembly and the second shaft assembly includes a shaft, a trim crank coupled to the shaft, and a pedal crank. The trim crank is configured such that rotation of the trim crank causes rotation of the shaft, and pedal crank is configured such that rotation of the pedal crank causes rotation...