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Installed flight control rod straightness check tool

US8230612B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · US

Inventors

Jarrod C. Williams · Bellevue, US
Robert Posey · Duncan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 2011
Grant date	Jul 31, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B5/25
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for assessing the straightness of a flight control rod installed in an aircraft. The apparatus including a solid straight bar with a first end and a second end and two rod fixtures. The bar removably attachable to the rod fixtures that are in turn removably attachable to a flight control rod. The flight control rod may be removably inserted into rod fixture rod slots such that there is a measurable gap between the bar attached to the rod fixtures and the flight control rod to which they are attached.

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