Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited

Nicholas Sloane

Tim Hudson

Tony Jones

A thrust reverser actuation system for a jet propulsion engine for a vehicle, the thrust reverser actuation system comprising: a plurality of hydraulically-driven thrust reverser actuators for actuating one or more thrust reverser components of the jet propulsion engine, each actuator comprising: a hydraulic circuit; and a bi-directional electrically-driven pump configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic circuit, wherein the hydraulic circuit and the pump are configured such that the direction of the pump dictates the direction of the actuation of the actuator.

Thrust reverser actuation system

An actuator arrangement comprises an epicyclic gear setincluding a sun gear, at least one planet gearin meshing engagement with the sun gear, and a ring gearin meshing engagement with the planet gear, the planet gearbeing carried by a rotatable support, wherein one of the sun gearand the supportis arranged to be driven by a motorand the other of the sun gearand the supportis arranged to drive an actuator, and a clutch arrangementoperable to resist rotation of the ring gear

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Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Nicholas Sloane