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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Inventor:
Robert Brown, Preston, GB;
Assignee:
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/24 (2006.01); B64C 9/14 (2006.01); B64C 9/18 (2006.01); F16H 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 9/24 (2013.01); B64C 9/14 (2013.01); B64C 9/18 (2013.01); F16H 49/001 (2013.01); Y02T 50/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft wing system and method comprising: an aircraft wing; an edge device coupled to a leading edge or trailing edge of the aircraft wing; a drive shaft rotatable about its axis; a crank arm, a first end of the crank arm being coupled to the drive shaft, and a second end of the crank arm opposite to the first end being coupled to the edge device; and a gear system (e.g. a strain wave gear system) coupled between the drive shaft and the first end of the crank arm.