US Patent Issued to Woodward on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods for sequential operation for multiple input/output systems" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,992, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Woodward Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for sequential operation for multiple input/output systems" was invented by Maciej J. Piotrowski (Chicago), Christopher R. Jarr (Elgin, Ill.), Bryan R. Dawe (Palatine, Ill.) and Aristotelis J. Pirillis (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a gear mechanism that includes one or more actuators operable to activate or deactivate in order to drive or be driven by sequential engagement with one or more cam features incorporated within an interior of a ring gear."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Applica...