ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,511, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS (Velizy Villacoublay, France).
"Landing gear actuating device with double-star motor" was invented by Foly Selom Marius Attivi (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Francois-Noel Leynaert (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Steve Coustenoble (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for actuating an aircraft undercarriage leg includes an electronic controller and an actuator. The actuator includes a three-phase electric motor connected to the electronic controller. The device is arranged to authorize gravity deployment of the aircraft undercarriage leg. The motor in...