US 12,617,521 B2 · Coiling foreign object debris cover

Abstract

A FOD cover system including an elongated slider made of a non-stretchable, flexible material, a first roller, a second roller, and a roller support. The slider has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the slider is slidable between two spaced-apart portions of a control housing and mechanically actuatable fore and aft by a lever extending through an opening of the slider. The lever operates control components within the control housing. The first roller is fixed to the first end of the elongated slider and the second roller is fixed to the second end of the elongated slider. The first roller and the second roller are rotatably attached to a roller support. The first roller and the second roller may also each be spring biased in opposing rotational directions, maintaining the elongated slider taut during actuation thereof.

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Dependent claims

A foreign object debris (FOD) cover system comprising:

an elongated slider made of a non-stretchable, flexible material, the elongated slider having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the elongated slider is slidable between two spaced-apart portions of a control housing and is mechanically actuatable fore and aft;
a first roller fixed to the first end of the elongated slider;
a second roller fixed to the second end of the elongated slider;
and
at least one roller support on which the first roller and the second roller are rotatably attached, wherein the first roller and the second roller are each spring biased in opposing rotational directions, maintaining the elongated slider in a taut configuration.

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An aircraft system comprising:

system control components;
a control housing at least partially covering the system control components and having at least one elongated slot formed through at least one panel of the control housing;
at least one lever extending from the system control components and outward through the at least one elongated slot;
a foreign object debris (FOD) cover system comprising:
at least one elongated slider made of a non-stretchable, flexible material, the at least one elongated slider having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the at least one elongated slider has at least one lever opening formed therethrough, wherein the at least one lever extends through the at least one lever opening,
at least one first roller fixed to the first end of the at least one elongated slider,
at least one second roller fixed to the second end of the at least one elongated slider, and
at least one roller support within the control housing, wherein the at least one first roller and the at least one second roller are rotatably attached to the at least one roller support, wherein the at least one elongated slider comprises two elongated sliders and the FOD cover system further includes a spacer fixed between the two elongated sliders.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Coiling foreign object debris cover

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Abstract

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