Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Track over-travel arrestment mechanism
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Application No.: US16355522Application Date: 2019-03-15
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Publication No.: US11643185B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Kevin R. Tsai , Bryan J. Gruner
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agent Felix L. Fischer
- Main IPC: B64C9/20
- IPC: B64C9/20 ; B64C13/28 ; B64C9/02

Abstract:
A system to arrest flap over-travel employs a track engaging a flap to a support structure. The track has a deployment profile determining flap motion relative to the support structure during travel between an extended position and a normal retracted position. The deployment profile has a transition portion extending beyond the normal retracted position and terminating in a detent. A resiliently mounted catcher is configured to be displaced by the transition portion during over-travel of the flap beyond the normal retracted position and captured in the detent in a maximum retracted position thereby restraining the flap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200290723A1 TRACK OVER-TRAVEL ARRESTMENT MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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