ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,118, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS (Colombes, France).

"Device for driving at least one wheel of an aircraft landing gear" was invented by Maxime Fernandez (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Loic Francois (Moissy-Cramayel, France), Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Jordane Emile Andre Peltier (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for driving at least one wheel of an aircraft landing gear including at least one landing gear wheel, this wheel including a rim, an electric motor including a shaft, a mechanical transmission system between the shaft of the motor an...