Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Latch pin assembly
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Application No.: US15881248Application Date: 2018-01-26
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Publication No.: US10173766B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Mark S. Good , Charles E. Jokisch
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: B64C3/56
- IPC: B64C3/56 ; F15B11/00 ; F15B15/26 ; B64C23/06 ; F15B13/01

Abstract:
A folding wing tip system of an aircraft includes a latch pin actuator having a primary mechanical lock and a secondary hydraulic lock. The mechanical lock may include a lock cam movable between a lock position, in which the lock cam engages the latch pin, and an unlock position, in which the lock cam is disengaged from the latch pin, and a first lock actuator mechanically coupled to the lock cam and configured to provide a bias force pushing the lock cam toward the lock position. The hydraulic lock may be disposed in an unlatching hydraulic line and has an initial state, in which fluid flow through the unlatching hydraulic line is blocked thereby to hold the latch pin in the latched position, and an open state, in which fluid flow through the unlatching hydraulic line is permitted thereby to permit retraction of the latch pin to the unlatched position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180148159A1 Latch Pin Assembly Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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