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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1984
Wesley A Burandt, Rockford, IL (US);
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Abstract
In many aircraft, there are flight control surfaces positioned by mechanical actuation systems that are driven by hydraulic power drive units. There are also devices for transmitting hydraulic power from one aircraft hydraulic system to another in the event that one of the system's pumps fails. An integration of structure to perform both of these functions in a single unit would result in a reduction in cost and weight as well as increased reliability. The integrated power drive and power transfer system has a pair of variable displacement hydraulic devices each in a separate hydraulic circuit and each having a drive shaft connected into a summing gear train connected to an output shaft. A selectively-operable brake is in the operative connection between the output shaft and the summing gear train and controls either driving of the output shaft with both variable displacement hydraulic devices operating as motors or transfer of power between the hydraulic circuits with one variable displacement hydraulic device operating as a motor and the other as a pump.
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