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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kamran Eftekhari Shahroudi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Barry Brinks, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary actuator that includes a housing defining a first arcuate chamber portion and comprising a first cavity, a first open end, a first seal carrier assembly defining a second arcuate chamber portion and comprising a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity, a first piston seal, a second open end, and a third open end opposite the second open end, a first face seal in sealing contact with the housing proximal to the first open end and the second open end, a rotary output assembly, and an arcuate-shaped first piston disposed in said housing for reciprocal movement in the first arcuate chamber portion and in the second arcuate chamber portion.