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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, West Midlands, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Hawksworth, Moreton, GB;
Antony Morgan, Wolverhampton, GB;
Assignee:
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Solihull, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/24 (2006.01); F02K 1/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/2454 (2013.01); F02K 1/766 (2013.01);
Abstract
An actuator comprises a ball nut and a lock housing arranged radially outwardly of the ball nut and overlapping a proximal end of the ball nut when the ball nut is in a stowed position. The lock housing comprises a sleeve in which is located an aperture, and a locking element is retained within the aperture and can move in a radial direction through the aperture. When the ball nut is in the stowed position, the locking element engages with a locking projection on the ball nut, to retain the ball nut in the stowed position.