ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,241, issued on March 18, was assigned to MICROTECNICA S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).
"Stability and control augmentation system" was invented by Domenico Tafuni (Turin, Italy) and Simone Allevi (Appignano del Tronto, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Stability and Control Augmentation System ("SCAS") module includes a SCAS actuator. The SCAS actuator has a substantially cylindrical hydraulic chamber having a first and second regions. A piston is arranged for linear motion in first and second directions along an axis of the hydraulic chamber. The SCAS module also includes a valve system for controlling a flow of a hydraulic fluid into t...