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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Solihull, GB;
Inventors:
Antony Morgan, Wolverhampton, GB;
Michael Paul Somerfield, Stoke-on-Trent, GB;
Assignee:
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Solihull, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/76 (2006.01); F01D 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02K 1/766 (2013.01); F01D 21/045 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/14 (2013.01); F05D 2240/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/4031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A nacelle for a gas turbine engine, comprising a thrust reverser movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a locking system configured to selectively prevent movement of the thrust reverser from the stowed position, the locking system comprising a locking mechanism and an actuator configured to actuate the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is positioned aft of a blade-off zone defined across the nacelle and the actuator is positioned fore of, or at least partially within, the blade-off zone.