US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Aug. 12 for "Mechanical drive device provided with a torquemeter with a phonic wheel, gearbox provided with such a mechanical drive device and aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,549, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Mechanical drive device provided with a torquemeter with a phonic wheel, gearbox provided with such a mechanical drive device and aircraft" was invented by Lionel Thomassey (Fos sur Mer, France), Antoine Guillemin (Saint-Chamas, France) and Natacha Laborde (Pelissanne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical device comprising an input pinion, an intermediate shaft and a terminal pinion that are coaxial and are able to rotate about a rotation axis, as well as a torquemeter with a phonic wheel provided with a reference shaft connected by a dista...