Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thrust reverser tertiary locking system
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Application No.: US15964118Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10907576B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Antony Morgan , Michael Paul Somerfield
- Applicant: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Solihull
- Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
- Current Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Solihull
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: EP17275073 20170522
- Main IPC: F02K1/76
- IPC: F02K1/76 ; F01D21/04

Abstract:
A nacelle for a gas turbine engine, comprising a thrust reverser movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and a locking system configured to selectively prevent movement of the thrust reverser from the stowed position, the locking system comprising a locking mechanism and an actuator configured to actuate the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism is positioned aft of a blade-off zone defined across the nacelle and the actuator is positioned fore of, or at least partially within, the blade-off zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180334994A1 THRUST REVERSER TERTIARY LOCKING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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