US Patent Issued to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS on Sept. 16 for "Back-up thrust reverser actuation system control" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,196, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (West Midlands, Great Britain).

"Back-up thrust reverser actuation system control" was invented by Peter William Bacon (Wolverhampton, Great Britain) and Maamar Benarous (Coventry, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system architecture for a backup thrust reverser actuation system control is provided. The system architecture includes an AC power supply of an aircraft, a power supply and a motor control adapted to control an electric motor (M) of a thrust reverser actuation system. The system architecture further includes a backup power supply adapte...