ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,114, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MICROTECNICA S.R.L. (Turin, Italy).
"Dual load path actuator" was invented by Andrea Mornacchi (Turin, Italy), Simone Allevi (Appignano Del Tronto, Italy), Domenico Tafuni (Turin, Italy), Enrico Quaglia (Turin, Italy) and Dario Savino (Vercelli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a first transmission shaft mounted to a driver, a second transmission shaft mounted to the driver, and an output shaft. The output shaft includes a first engagement feature and the second transmission shaft comprises a second engagement feature for engaging with the first engagement feature. In...