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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:
Nov. 18, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Williams, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114280 ; 244232 ;
Abstract
A hydrofoil flap control rod system for communicating forces between an actuator and a hydrofoil flap. Guide (40), having a rectangular conduit defined by its guide surfaces (66, 72, 74 and 88), accommodates a rectangular-shaped control rod (36) upon which wear pads (42) are mounted. Simple planar machining requirements of the guide and control rod reduce the time and cost of construction of the system. One element (76) of the guide (40) is readily detached to allow lateral removal of the control rod (36) for maintenance and repair, negating the need for substantial axial clearance for rod removal.