Patents by Inventor Paul A. Stoelting

Paul A. Stoelting has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fault tolerant multiple rotary actuator assembly
    Patent number: 11750121
    Abstract: An actuator assembly comprising an output member rotatable about a center axis relative to a structure, a first actuator having a first stator fixed to the structure and a first rotor rotatable about the center axis relative to the first stator, a second actuator having a second stator coupled to the first rotor such that the second stator rotates about the center axis relative to the first stator with rotation of the first rotor about the center axis and having a second rotor rotationally coupled to the output member, a controller configured in a failure mode to drive one of the first actuator or the second actuator to selectively control the rotation of the output member about the center axis with an operational failure of the other of the first actuator or the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Stoelting
  • FAULT TOLERANT MULTIPLE ROTARY ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230089853
    Abstract: An actuator assembly comprising an output member rotatable about a center axis relative to a structure, a first actuator having a first stator fixed to the structure and a first rotor rotatable about the center axis relative to the first stator, a second actuator having a second stator coupled to the first rotor such that the second stator rotates about the center axis relative to the first stator with rotation of the first rotor about the center axis and having a second rotor rotationally coupled to the output member, a controller configured in a failure mode to drive one of the first actuator or the second actuator to selectively control the rotation of the output member about the center axis with an operational failure of the other of the first actuator or the second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Paul A. Stoelting