US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on March 4 for "Actuator" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,592, issued on March 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Actuator" was invented by Ashley Bidmead (Bristol, Great Britain) and Florian Becher (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator is disclosed including an actuator body mounted for movement over a range of motion, the range of motion including a first part and a second part, the first part being the range of motion extending between an end position and the second part. The actuator includes a motor coupled to the actuator body to move the actuator body in the first direction and a controller configured to control the suppl...