US Patent Issued to BAE Systems on Sept. 30 for "Drive arrangements" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,137, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BAE Systems PLC (London).

"Drive arrangements" was invented by Robert David Hollands (Rochester, Great Britain) and Martyn Ingleton (Rochester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive arrangement for manipulating a vehicle control surface, comprises: a first drive; a second drive; an output member for connecting to the vehicle control surface; first engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first drive and the output member; and second engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second drive and the output member, wherein the first drive and the ...