US Patent Issued to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "Method for testing the operation of a next generation rescue hoist" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,996, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).

"Method for testing the operation of a next generation rescue hoist" was invented by David Brookes (Birmingham, Great Britain) and Bejan Ijadi-Maghsoodi (San Dimas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for testing a rescue hoist that includes motor drive train. The motor drive train includes: a primary load brake, a secondary load brake and a cable drum comprising a cable. The method includes: reeling the cable out of the cable drum followed by reeling the cable in at a speed that is sufficient to disengage the primary load brak...