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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Solihull, GB;
Inventor:
Stephen Harlow Davies, Shrewsbury, GB;
Assignee:
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, West Midlands, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/34 (2006.01); B64C 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/34 (2013.01); B64C 13/341 (2018.01); B64C 13/343 (2018.01);
Abstract
An actuator system for actuating movement of a control surface of an aircraft wing includes a common input rail connectable to a means for providing movement to said input rail. The system also includes: a plurality of rotary geared actuators 'RGAs'; a common output rail connectable to said control surface; wherein each of said plurality of RGAs is connected to said input rail by an individual input clutch and also connected to said output rail by an individual output clutch, and wherein the input clutch functions independently of the output clutch.