US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on March 18 for "Aircraft control column with improved overall reduction ratio and method for using such a control column" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,234, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).

"Aircraft control column with improved overall reduction ratio and method for using such a control column" was invented by Clement Guillon (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Remi-Louis Lawniczak (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Yvon Joncour (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an aircraft control column, the control column comprising a first shaft and a control lever configured to rotate the first shaft about a first axis through a first angular range [Alpha1; Alpha3] via a mechanical joint having a ...