ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,951, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Single bushing supported pneumatic actuators" was invented by Robert DeFelice (South Windsor, Conn.) and Maciej Luczynski (Wroclaw, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic actuator can include a housing and an actuator shaft disposed within the housing and configured to actuate between a first position and a second position. The pneumatic actuator can include a single bushing located within the housing between the housing and the actuator shaft. The single bushing can be configured to support the actuator shaft without the actuator shaft b...