Resolver type skew sensor with gimbal attachment

US8438743B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HSC) · US

Inventors

• Gregory T. Wallen · Roscoe, US
• James M. Regan · Rockford, US
• David J. Lang · Rockford, US
• Cory M. Crandall-Seibert · Delavan, US
• Mark D. Miller · Monroe, US
• William E. Leden · Roscoe, US
• Andrew N. Baines · Rockton, US
• Jeffrey Paul Jacobs · Arlington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2011
• Grant date: May 14, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2045/001
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disclosed sensor assembly for detecting movement and a position of a wing flap includes a sensing device that generates a signal corresponding to a position of the flap. The sensor assembly includes a linkage that is attached to the movable flap for mechanically communicating movement of the flap to the sensing device. The linkage includes a first pivot shaft mounted to the flap that is disposed about a first axis and a second pivot shaft attached to the first pivot shaft for movement about a second axis transverse to the first axis.