ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,739, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS UK LTD. (Gloucester, Great Britain).
"Mechanically locking actuator" was invented by Manish Chauhan (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lockable telescopic actuator arranged to be in a locked state or in an unlocked state, the lockable telescopic actuator including: a body defining a cylindrical cavity; a piston mounted to slide in the cylindrical cavity; and a locking mechanism including a first locking segment arranged to move from a locked position to an unlocked position. In the locked position the first locking segment is engaged with the pist...