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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Applicant:
Reese Randolph Smith, Iii, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Reese Randolph Smith, III, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Group PLC, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A locking mechanism for aircraft landing gear has a hook () displaceable into and out of engagement with the landing gear capture pin (). A roller () on a latch arm () engages a part () of the hook () to prevent it moving from a position where the pin () is retained. A linear solenoid () and a motor-driven rotatable cam () can both be operated independently to move the roller () out of engagement with the hook () and thereby allow a spring () to rotate the hook and release the capture pin ().