US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 15 for "Apparatuses and methods for flight control surfaces" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,173, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Apparatuses and methods for flight control surfaces" was invented by Samuel L. Block (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft apparatus comprises a flight control surface, an actuation assembly, a link, and an arm. The actuation assembly transitions the flight control surface between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The link is pivotably coupled to a support and comprises a stop surface. The arm is connected to the flight control surface and is pivotally coupled to the link. The arm comprises a contact surface arranged to...