ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,257, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy-Villacoublay, France).

"Actuator with offset supply port" was invented by Yves Courtois De Lourmel (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Sebastien Messe (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Jean-Baptiste Kamis (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Arnaud Le Breton (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Nicolas Nguyen (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes a body and at least a first offset connection port that is connected to the body by a first duct projecting from the body. The first connection port is mechanically connected to the body at least by first and second...