Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Locking compound rotary actuator
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Application No.: US17819891Application Date: 2022-08-15
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Publication No.: US11608878B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Joseph Thomas Kopecek
- 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: F16H25/24
- IPC: F16H25/24

Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a rotary lock assembly that includes a first epicyclic gear assembly having a first sun gear assembly, a first ring gear assembly, and a first planet gear assembly mechanically engaged to the first sun gear assembly and the first ring gear assembly, and a second epicyclic gear assembly having a second sun gear assembly configured to be rotated by the first ring gear assembly, a second ring gear assembly, and a second planet gear assembly mechanically engaged to the second sun gear assembly and the second ring gear assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220389992A1 LOCKING COMPOUND ROTARY ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2022-12-08
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