ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,148, issued on March 25, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"System and method for testing a no-back system" was invented by Ryan Madson (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for testing no-back systems. In one embodiment, the system and method includes multiple actuators that are driven in an asynchronous manner as to impart internal forces that mimic external loads on the system. The actuators can be monitored to determine whether the no-back systems are performing as expected when loads are applied to the actuators."

The patent was filed on April 15, 2022, under Application No...