ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,949, issued on May 13, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (West Midlands, Great Britain).
"Load decouple for folding wing" was invented by Karolis Butrimavicius (Wolverhampton, Great Britain) and Paul Smith (Broseley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking pin system comprising: an actuator having an actuator body defining an axial bore along its length; a locking pin axially moveably mounted within the bore, and drive means for driving the locking pin axially along the bore between a locking position extending from the actuator body and an unlocking position relatively retracted into the actuator body; w...