US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on July 29 for "Control surface actuator with bell crank assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,956, issued on July 29, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Control surface actuator with bell crank assembly" was invented by David E. Edwards (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Abbas M. Charafeddine (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear electro-mechanical actuator assembly includes a linear actuator having an output rod end, and a bell crank assembly having a bell crank that is rotatable around a central axis and that has a rod connection opening for receiving the rod end. The bell crank further includes a tube opening along the central axis for receiving a torque tube. First and second be...