US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Rotary actuator for flight control surface" (Ohio, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,704, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Rotary actuator for flight control surface" was invented by Todd Sturgin (Wooster, Ohio), Craig Hooker (Indian Land, S.C.) and Nicholas Hrusch (Wooster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary actuator for a flight control surface includes a first electric motor connected to a first geartrain having planetary gearsets in series and a first drive gear driven by the first electric motor via the first geartrain. The first geartrain and the first drive gear define a first powertrain. The rotary actuator also includes a second electr...