US Patent Issued to Honeywell International on Dec. 16 for "Dual-channel, position sensor for electromechanical actuator controller with backup control lane" (Czech, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,533, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Dual-channel, position sensor for electromechanical actuator controller with backup control lane" was invented by Petr Hanus (Brno, Czech Republic), Michal Jasansky (Brno, Czech Republic) and Darrell W. Horner (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configuration significantly reduces the number of interconnections needed between an electromechanical actuator (EMA) and an EMA controller (EMAC) while maintaining redundancy and other safety aspects needed by the target application without adding second or third independent redundant p...