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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2011
Gregory T. Wallen, Roscoe, IL (US);
James M. Regan, Rockford, IL (US);
David J. Lang, Rockford, IL (US);
Cory M. Crandall-seibert, Roscoe, IL (US);
Mark D. Miller, Rockford, IL (US);
William E. Leden, Roscoe, IL (US);
Andrew N. Baines, Rockton, IL (US);
Jeffrey Paul Jacobs, Roscoe, IL (US);
Gregory T. Wallen, Roscoe, IL (US);
James M. Regan, Rockford, IL (US);
David J. Lang, Rockford, IL (US);
Cory M. Crandall-Seibert, Roscoe, IL (US);
Mark D. Miller, Rockford, IL (US);
William E. Leden, Roscoe, IL (US);
Andrew N. Baines, Rockton, IL (US);
Jeffrey Paul Jacobs, Roscoe, IL (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A disclosed sensor assembly for detecting movement and a position of a wing flap includes a sensing device that generates a signal corresponding to a position of the flap. The sensor assembly includes a linkage that is attached to the movable flap for mechanically communicating movement of the flap to the sensing device. The linkage includes a first pivot shaft mounted to the flap that is disposed about a first axis and a second pivot shaft attached to the first pivot shaft for movement about a second axis transverse to the first axis.