Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Over-center thrust reverser primary lock
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Application No.: US15409240Application Date: 2017-01-18
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Publication No.: US10662897B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Joseph Thomas Kopecek , Julian Sweet
- Applicant: Woodward, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Fort Collins
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: F02K1/76
- IPC: F02K1/76 ; E05B47/00 ; E05B83/00 ; E05C19/12

Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a lock apparatus that includes a latch hook having a catch at a first latch end, a first pivotal mount at a second latch end opposite the first latch end, and a second pivotal mount, a rotary actuator configured to selectably rotate a rotor shaft in a first rotary direction and in a second rotary direction opposite the first rotary direction, a rotor arm coupled to the rotor shaft at a first arm end and extending radially outward from the rotor shaft to a second arm end opposite the first arm end, and a link arm pivotably connected to the second arm end at a first link end, and pivotably connected to the second pivotal mount at a second link end opposite the first link end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180202390A1 OVER-CENTER THRUST REVERSER PRIMARY LOCK Public/Granted day:2018-07-19
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