ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,582, issued on April 8, was assigned to Woodward Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.).
"Electromechanical aircraft spoiler" was invented by Joseph Thomas Kopecek (Santa Clarita, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for a control surface is provided. The actuator includes a frame, an electric motor, an epicyclic gear, a power-off brake, a power-on brake, and a unidirectional bearing. A sun gear is operably coupled to an output of the motor. A carrier is couplable to the control surface such that rotation of the carrier in a first direction transitions the control surface toward the deployed position and rotation of the carrier in a...