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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Suyu Hou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
George Ghanime, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
David J. Wagner, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Colan Moscinski, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Zirin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Suyu Hou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
George Ghanime, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
David J. Wagner, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Colan Moscinski, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Zirin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An actuator decoupler for selectively coupling and decoupling a driving part and a driven part of an actuation system is disclosed. The driving part can be coupled to the actuator decoupler, and the actuator decoupler can be coupled to the driven part via at least one coupling pin. In a selectively coupled state, the driven part can be at least one of rotationally and longitudinally fixed to the actuator decoupler and, thereby, the driving part. The actuator decoupler can be decoupled from the driven part through the use of a preloaded energy mechanism configured to disengage the at least one coupling pin from the driven part. Thereby, the actuator may be responsive to a jam in the actuation system to selectively decouple the driven part from the actuator decoupler and the driving part so that the driven part has freedom to translate at least one of rotationally and longitudinally.