ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,849, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Vernon, France).

"EMA droop function and stops protection management" was invented by Raphael Medina (Pierrefitte sur Seine, France) and Karl Potier (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical actuator assembly operable in a plurality of modes. The EMA assembly includes: an electrical motor having a motor shaft extending along an axis (A) of the EMA, the motor driving the shaft to rotate about the axis; a gear assembly mounted around, and in geared connection with the shaft, to rotate with the shaft; an EMA output connected to the gear assembly suc...