Pedal cartridge
AssigneeRatier-Figeac SAS
InventorsPierre-Alex Picard, Pierre-Jacques Labry
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Abstract
A pedal cartridge for an aircraft. The pedal cartridge is connectable to a pedal mechanism and includes: a pedal. The pedal includes a pedal axle receiving portion configured to receive a pedal axle of the pedal mechanism such that the pedal is rotatably connectable to the pedal axle. The mechanism also includes a first rotation sensor component, the first rotation sensor component configured to interact with a second rotation sensor component of the pedal mechanism to permit rotation of the pedal about the pedal axle to be detected.
Claims12
A pedal cartridge for an aircraft, the pedal cartridge comprising:
- a pedal and a housing configured to enclose a pedal axle of a pedal mechanism such that the pedal is rotatably connectable to the pedal axle;
- a rotation sensor located partly in the housing and partly locatable in the pedal axle, and configured to permit rotation of the pedal about the pedal axle to be detected;
- a rotational feeling device configured to bias the pedal to a rotational neutral position;
- wherein the rotational feeling device is located in the housing;
- wherein the rotational feeling device comprises an elastic element, wherein a first end of the elastic element is connectable to the pedal axle and a second end of the elastic element is connected to the pedal, the elastic element configured to surround the pedal axle.
A pedal cartridge for an aircraft, the pedal cartridge comprising:
- a pedal and a housing configured to receive a pedal axle of a pedal mechanism such that the pedal is rotatably connectable to the pedal axle;
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- a rotation sensor located partly in the housing and partly locatable in the pedal axle, and configured to permit rotation of the pedal about the pedal axle to be detected;
- wherein the rotation sensor comprises a cap rotationally coupled to the pedal cartridge, wherein the cap rotates on rotation of the pedal on the pedal axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.