ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,526, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Vernon, France).
"Spoiler actuator" was invented by Karl Potier (Paris) and Sebastien Vandevoir (Gennevilliers, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical actuator comprises: a motor; a gearbox; an anti-extension device mounted between the motor and the gearbox. The motor and anti-extension device are mounted on a housing of the actuator. The actuator further comprises a screw shaft; a nut mounted on the screw shaft; an output rod connected to the nut, the output rod having a linear range of motion defined between full extension of the output rod ...