ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,149, issued on May 27, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Actuator overtravel stop assembly" was invented by Andrew Hawksworth (Newport, Great Britain) and Lee Slater (Dudley, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly includes a compliant actuator shaft having an axis (A) and a first end and a second end, a drive assembly provided at the first end of the compliant actuator shaft to cause rotation of the compliant actuator shaft about the axis and an overtravel stop mechanism. The overtravel stop mechanism includes: a screw shaft mounted to and arranged to rotate with th...