US Patent Issued to Hummingbird Aero on Dec. 16 for "Integrity monitors for actuator brakes, and related systems" (Utah, California, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,026, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hummingbird Aero LLC (South Salt Lake, Utah).

"Integrity monitors for actuator brakes, and related systems" was invented by David Manzanares (Draper, Utah), Nozar George Sadeghi (Irvine, Calif.) and Douglas Bodily (Rexburg, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Linear actuators can incorporate bi-directional brakes to inhibit back-driven actuator movements. An integrity monitor for such bi-directional brakes can include a manually adjustable, externally accessible load adjuster for applying a simulated back-driven load to the no-back brakes when the actuator is out of service. Associated compone...