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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Dustin J. Wimmer, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jeffrey Rosado, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A pitot tube restraint system is disclosed herein. The pitot tube restrain system includes an outer shaft, a pitot tube coupled to a first end of the outer shaft and extending outward from the outer shaft, a torsion spring disposed around the outer shaft, a stop pad coupled to the first end of the outer shaft, a base disposed adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, an inner shaft having disposed through the outer shaft, a first end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the stop pad and a second end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the base, a pawl disposed around the inner shaft and adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, the pawl configured to engage the second end of the outer shaft to prevent the pitot tube from rotating in a first direction, and a pawl spring disposed around the inner shaft.