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Operating the control surfaces in aircraft

US4793576A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1982
Grant dateDec 27, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C13/0421
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Control surfaces in an aircraft are biparted, and one portion is acted upon by a mechanical signal transmission system in a redundant manner, the other one by an electrical signal transmission system normally operating in parallel; different construction versions and embodiments are described.

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