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Setting device for a control surface

US5249761A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1992
Grant dateOct 5, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/40
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A setting device for a control surface on an airborne body, including a follower nut supported on a spindle which is drivable by a drive motor for effectuating the displacement of a shaft of the control surface through a lever. The drive motor and the spindle are mounted so s to be pivotable about a pendulum axis which extends normal to the longitudinal axis of the spindle. The lever is pivotally connected to a follower axis of the follower nut.

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