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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Birmingham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 25/20 (2006.01); F16H 19/02 (2006.01); F02K 1/76 (2006.01); F16H 25/24 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 19/02 (2013.01); F02K 1/763 (2013.01); F16H 25/2454 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18576 (2015.01);
Abstract
An actuator arrangement comprises an epicyclic gear setincluding a sun gear, at least one planet gearin meshing engagement with the sun gear, and a ring gearin meshing engagement with the planet gear, the planet gearbeing carried by a rotatable support, wherein one of the sun gearand the supportis arranged to be driven by a motorand the other of the sun gearand the supportis arranged to drive an actuator, and a clutch arrangementoperable to resist rotation of the ring gear