US Patent Issued to Wisk Aero on July 28 for "Damping unit as a secondary load path for a movable element with actuator" (Washington, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,925, issued on July 28, was assigned to Wisk Aero LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Damping unit as a secondary load path for a movable element with actuator" was invented by Chase Nichols (Kirkland, Wash.) and Shawn Falzone (Buffalo, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a damping unit coupled to a moveable element. An actuator configured to drive the moveable element provides a primary load path, while the damping unit provides a secondary load path that slows uncontrolled motion of the moveable element in the event of failure of the primary load path. To test the working condition of the damping unit, a load on the a...