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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Douglas A. Brown, Edmonds, WA (US);
Kwun-Wing W. Cheung, Shoreline, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/34 (2006.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2013.01); B60H 1/3442 (2013.01); B64D 11/00 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0038 (2013.01); B64D 2011/0053 (2013.01); B64D 2013/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A direction controlled service apparatus may include a mounting assembly, a housing assembly configured to operably connect to the mounting assembly, the housing assembly being movable with respect to the mounting assembly, and a plurality of actuators connected between the mounting assembly and the housing assembly, each actuator of the plurality of actuators being configured to contract upon a current being applied to the actuator to rotate the housing assembly with respect to the mounting assembly.