Patent ID: 8450894

Claim:
A method for actuating an electromechanical actuator, the method comprising: translating an output ram along a linear axis of the output ram; monitoring a motor module torque of a motor module; generating a disengagement command signal to initiate disengagement of the motor module from the output ram when the motor module torque experienced by the motor module is outside an allowable motor module torque range; wherein monitoring the motor module torque includes using an electronic torque sensitive adaptive control system (TSAC) having an electronic torque sensing control circuit for sensing operating parameters of the motor module, including a current being drawn by the motor module, and causing the disengagement of the motor module from the output ram when the allowable motor module torque range, as indicated by the current being drawn, is exceeded; wherein said using at least one motor module comprises using a motor module having a segmented roller nut including a plurality of separable sections; and wherein retaining the separable sections together comprises retaining the separable sections together by a pair of C-ring biasing devices.