US Patent Issued to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS on Sept. 23 for "Dual motor drive system for actuator" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,025, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS Ltd. (Solihull, Great Britain).

"Dual motor drive system for actuator" was invented by Stephen Harlow Davies (Shrewsbury, Great Britain) and David John Holman (Wolverhampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive system for an actuator comprises first and second motors, and first and second input shafts connected to be driven by the respective first and second motors. Each of the first and second input shafts comprises a first overrunning clutch configured to rotate with the input shaft in a first direction, and a second overrunning clutch configured ...