ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,911, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS (Saint-Marcel, France).

"Lower attachment for trimmable horizontal stabiliser actuator" was invented by Anh Vu Abdul Bari (Franconville, France) and Raphael Medina (Ecouen, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a lower attachment for a trimmable horizontal stabiliser actuator (THSA) for connecting the THSA to a flight control surface. The attachment includes: a nut assembly for providing a load path through the THSA to the flight control surface when the THSA is connected to the flight control surface. The nut assembly includes a nut for locati...