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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Joseph Thomas Kopecek, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Assignee:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/24 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); F15B 15/26 (2006.01); F16H 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/2454 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); F15B 15/261 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0017 (2013.01); E05B 2047/0022 (2013.01); F16H 2025/2078 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary lock assembly that includes an epicyclic gear assembly that includes a sun gear assembly having a sun gear axial aperture defined therein, a ring gear assembly, and a planet gear assembly mechanically engaged to the sun gear assembly and to the ring gear assembly, a lock motor configured to urge rotation of the sun gear assembly, and a screw lead extending axially through the sun gear axial aperture.