ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,466, issued on July 22, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Over travel detection device" was invented by Colin Roger Harrison (Wolverhampton, Great Britain) and Philip Wadge (Wolverhampton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting rotational over travel includes: an angular position sensor comprising a rotor rotatable about an axis, the angular position sensor configured to output one or more electrical signals to indicate an angular position of the rotor about the axis and/or a number of turns completed by the rotor about the axis; and a device comprising a first op...