ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,632, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Saint-Marcel, France).
"Aircraft spoiler system" was invented by Karl Potier (Paris) and Quentin Ricard (Eaubonne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft spoiler system includes a spoiler, a motor arranged to drive movement of the spoiler between a retracted and a deployed position, a power supply connector for connection to an external power supply, and a movement limiting portion. The movement limiting portion is selectively engageable. It is arranged, when engaged, to enable movement of the spoiler towards the retracted position and to prevent movemen...