ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,001, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Saint Ouen l'Aumone, France).
"Asymmetric mechanical torque limiter" was invented by Karl Potier (Paris) and Maxime Serrand (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An asymmetric torque limiter having an axis of rotation including a first annular friction disk, a second annular friction disk a skewed roller disk a first resilient member and a second resilient member. The second annular friction disk is concentrically arranged with the first annular friction disk. The skewed roller disk is in contact with the second annular friction disk. The skewed roller disk inc...