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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Randall Eugene Anderson, Stanwood, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting skew in a slat of an aircraft wing includes an elongated track moveably supported in the wing for longitudinal movement toward and away from a leading edge of the wing. The slat is coupled to a forward end of the track for conjoint movement therewith. An actuator is configured to selectably drive the track and slat between retracted and extended positions relative to the leading edge of the wing. A pinion gear is rotatably mounted in the wing and disposed in rolling engagement with a rack gear disposed on the track, and a sensor is coupled to the pinion gear and configured to sense the longitudinal position of the slat as a function of a rotational position of the pinion gear.