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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
David Allan Fink, Melrose, MA (US);
Marcel Pierre Joseph Gaudreau, Lexington, MA (US);
Diversified Technologies, Inc., Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A flap actuator system for an airfoil structure including: a flap member for controlling the airfoil structure; a bearing member interconnected with the flap member and the airfoil structure; and an actuator device for rotating the flap member about the bearing member relative to the airfoil structure; the actuator device including an electromagnetic motor segment and a drive mechanism driven by the electromagnetic motor to rotate the flap member about the axis of the bearing member relative to the airfoil structure; the electromagnetic motor being integral with the airfoil structure and the drive mechanism; the electromagnetic motor including a field circuit integral with the drive mechanism and an armature circuit integral with the airfoil structure; the field circuit located within the armature circuit.