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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Seth Alan Whittington, Bothell, WA (US);
Joseph E. Elliott, Shoreline, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A rudder system of an aircraft includes a first shaft assembly and a second shaft assembly. Each of the first shaft assembly and the second shaft assembly includes a shaft, a trim crank coupled to the shaft, and a pedal crank. The trim crank is configured such that rotation of the trim crank causes rotation of the shaft, and pedal crank is configured such that rotation of the pedal crank causes rotation of the shaft without rotation of the trim crank. The rudder system includes a pedal input link configured to couple the pedal crank of the first shaft assembly and the pedal crank of the second shaft assembly together. The rudder system also includes a rudder trim link configured to couple the trim crank of the first shaft assembly and the trim crank of the second shaft assembly together.