Track over-travel arrestment mechanism for auxiliary supports
US11208195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C9/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system to arrest flap over-travel employs a track extending from a flap and engaging an auxiliary support. 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.
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