US Patent Issued to Garmin International on Dec. 9 for "Fly-by-wire system with FCC-integrated servo actuators" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,990, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Garmin International Inc. (Olathe, Kan.).

"Fly-by-wire system with FCC-integrated servo actuators" was invented by Dustin B. Kilgore (Olathe, Kan.), Benjamin N. Patel (Olathe, Kan.) and Perry L. Dinger (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fly-by-wire (FBW) system comprising a plurality of servo actuators for controlling the flight control surfaces of an aircraft in which each of the servo actuators may comprise a flight control computer (FCC) that controls the output of the servo actuator. Input from a pilot or autopilot system may be communicated directly to the servo actuator FCCs, wh...