ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,119, issued on March 25, was assigned to RATIER-FIGEAC SAS (Figeac, France).
"Control unit resistive and locking system" was invented by Pierre-Alex Picard (Figeac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistive and locking system for locking rotation of a shaft. The system includes a housing defining an axis AX therethrough. The housing includes a drive shaft mounted in the housing and extending axially from a bottom end of the housing and a first stage comprising a resistive mechanism provided in the housing. The housing also includes a second stage comprising a locking mechanism arranged in the housing above the first stage. T...