US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Jan. 13 for "Actuator provided with two pressure sensors and a virtual pressure sensing device; a braking system and an aircraft provided with such an actuator, and the method applied" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,188, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Actuator provided with two pressure sensors and a virtual pressure sensing device; a braking system and an aircraft provided with such an actuator, and the method applied" was invented by Roland Becquet (Meyreuil, France), Gregory Basset (Martigues, France), Thomas Grondin (Eyguieres, France) and Antonin Rocher (Ensues-la-Redonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator provided with a pump connected to a first hydraulic connection connected to a reservoir and to a second hydraulic connection. A command controller communicates with a first pres...