Patents by Inventor Teodoro J. Landas

Teodoro J. Landas 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 assembly for stabilizers
    Patent number: 8291782
    Abstract: An actuator assembly configured to control the movement of a stabilizer includes a ball screw having a longitudinal axis and configured to be rotated by a drive assembly, a primary nut assembly coupled to the stabilizer and received on the ball screw such that rotation of the ball screw causes movement of the primary nut assembly along the longitudinal axis of the ball screw, the ball screw and primary nut defining a primary load path between the between the drive means and the stabilizer, and a secondary nut assembly coupled to the primary nut assembly and configured to engage the ball screw upon failure of the primary load path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Milad A. Shaheen, Teodoro J. Landas