US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on June 3 for "Dual-rotor self-lift power drive unit" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,437, issued on June 3, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dual-rotor self-lift power drive unit" was invented by Dustin P. Scheer (Jamestown, N.D.) and Scott P. Harms (Ypsilanti, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power drive unit for moving cargo relative to a cargo bay of an aircraft is disclosed herein. The power drive unit includes a lift cam coupled to camshaft, a drive wheel coupled to a drive shaft, and an induction motor having a first output shaft and a second output shaft, the first output shaft configured to drive the drive shaft and the second output shaft configured to drive the camshaft."

The patent w...