ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,288, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DASSAULT AVIATION (Paris).

"Device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft in taxiing, using at least one engine and at least one braking device, associated aircraft and method" was invented by Angelique Beaucamp (Saint-Cloud, France), Nicolas Le Corre (Saint-Cloud, France) and Francois Pineau (Saint-Cloud, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is for assisting the taxiing of an aircraft, using at least one engine and at least one braking member. The device includes a control member, adapted to be actuated by a pilot from a neutral position to define a taxiing piloting command a cent...