US Patent Issued to Airbus Operations on Nov. 4 for "Aircraft control surface deployment system with cam body and actuator movable in first direction and second direction" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,635, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Airbus Operations Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Aircraft control surface deployment system with cam body and actuator movable in first direction and second direction" was invented by Denys Custance (Bristol, Great Britain) and Marc Lopezboix (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft control surface deployment system for an aircraft structure, that can be a spoiler deployment system for an aircraft wing, includes a cam body, an actuator, and a coupling mechanism. The actuator moves the cam body such that it raises and lowers the aircraft control surface. The actuator is ...