Patents by Inventor Robert V. Dreher

Robert V. Dreher 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).

  • Actuator for aircraft stabilizers with a failure responsive lock control mechanism
    Patent number: 6672540
    Abstract: A horizontal stabilizer actuator for a winged aircraft which is selectively pivotally controlled by a pilot or operator at a remote location in the aircraft and which has a primary load path responsive to the selective control by the pilot or operator for setting the pivoted position of the stabilizer and which has a secondary load path which is responsive to a failure in the primary load path to be automatically actuated to a condition locking the stabilizer in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Milad A. Shaheen, Robert V. Dreher