Aircraft side ledge table deployment system
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsStephen Howard Fagan, Paul Stokholm Warren, Edward Francis Funke
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Abstract
An aircraft side ledge table deploying mechanism including a table mounted to a pivot plate. The pivot plate being able to slide in a linear channel. The pivot plate is forced upwards by the release of a torsion spring. The torsion spring is able to be released when a lid is pivoted to a past open position. When the pivot plate translates upwards the table protrudes from an aircraft side ledge and a user may grasp the table and move it to a deployed position.
Claims19
An aircraft table deployment system comprising:
- a lid arm operatively connected on a first end to a lid and on a second end pivotally connected to a first end of a cam rod;
- the cam rod being pivotally connected on a second end to a pivotally mounted cam;
- a table supported in between a first linear guide channel and a second linear guide channel wherein the first linear guide channel and the second linear guide channel are linearly aligned and directly oppose each other;
- the table being operatively connected to at least one torsion spring wherein the torsion spring forces the table to a deployed position;
- the lid pivoting to a past open position and pivoting the cam allowing the torsion spring to drive the table to the deployed position.
An aircraft working surface deployment system, the system comprising:
- a working surface wherein the working surface is concealed within a cavity and supported by a linear guide channel aligned in a single plane;
- the working surface being operatively coupled to at least one torsion spring wherein the torsion spring forces the working surface to escape from the cavity;
- a cam pivotally mounted to the linear guide channel wherein the cam pivots to locked and unlocked orientations;
- the cam being pivoted to an unlocked orientation when a lid is pivoted to a past open position allowing the torsion spring to force the working surface to escape from the cavity;
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- a cam rod operatively connected at a first end to the lid and pivotally mounted at a second end to the cam.
An aircraft working surface deployment system, the system comprising:
- a lid operatively connected to a cam rod wherein the lid is operatively connected to a first end of the cam rod;
- a cam pivotally mounted to a second end of the cam rod wherein the cam is engaged with a working surface in a locked orientation;
- the working surface supported by a linear guide channel wherein the working surface tracks along the linear guide channel in a single plane;
- the lid being able to pivot to a past open position to shift the cam rod and pivot the cam to disengage with the working surface in an unlocked orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.