Backup system

US10106244B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Mark S. Good · Seattle, US
• Matthew August Lassen · Seattle, US
• Michael E. Renzelmann · Woodinville, US
• Mark J. Gardner · Snohomish, US
• Mark W. Lesyna · Louisville, US
• Brian Curtis Hill · Everett, US
• Nicholas Seth Tyler · Everett, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for a number of backup systems in an aircraft. The apparatus comprises a movement system; a latch system; a lock system; and at least one of a backup valve, a backup actuator, or a backup power source connected to at least one of the movement system, the latch system, or the lock system. The movement system has a first number of actuators and is connected to a hydraulic power source. The latch system has a second number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source. The lock system has a third number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source.