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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Inventors:
Cory M. Crandall-Seibert, Roscoe, IL (US);
Andrew N. Baines, Rockton, IL (US);
Timothy Michael Mayer, Belvidere, IL (US);
Gary L. Voss, Bryon, IL (US);
Sean Bradshaw, Rockford, IL (US);
Roger F. Glenn, South Beloit, IL (US);
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 5/06 (2006.01); G05G 1/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/10 (2013.01); B64C 13/04 (2013.01); G05G 1/04 (2013.01); G05G 5/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A selector lever with two detent plates and corresponding detent pins that travel along a shaft includes a float that moves with each of the detent pins. When a detent pin fails, a float pin remains engaged with a catch, thereby preventing rotational movement of the shaft.