Adjustment apparatus for precision alignment between aircraft components
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBrent Austin Beach, Blake Carl Kohlmeyer
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Abstract
Adjustment apparatus for precision alignment between aircraft components are disclosed. An example adjustor assembly includes a base including a first track and an upper housing including a second track. A slider is movably coupled relative to the first track and the second track. An actuator moves the slider in a linear direction. Movement of the slider between a first position and a second position along the first track and the second track is to cause the upper housing to move between a first operating position and a second operating position relative to the base.
Claims20
An adjustor assembly comprising:
- a base including a first track;
- an upper housing including a second track;
- a slider movably coupled relative to the first track and the second track;
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- an actuator to move the slider in a linear direction, movement of the slider between a first position and a second position along the first track and the second track to cause the upper housing to move between a first operating position and a second operating position relative to the base.
An adjustor assembly including:
- a base;
- an upper housing slidably coupled to the base;
- a slider slidably coupled to the upper housing and the base, the slider to move in a linear direction between a first side plate and a second side plate;
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- an actuator to move the slider between the first side plate and the second side plate along a drive axis of the actuator, the slider configured to cause the upper housing to move between a first operating position when the slider is in a first position adjacent the first side plate and a second operating position when the slider is in a second position adjacent the second side plate.
An adjustor assembly comprising:
- a base defining a first track;
- a base plate coupled to a first side of the base;
- an adjustable gib slidably coupled to the base, the adjustable gib defining a second track, the second track including a tapered profile;
- a gib plate coupled to a second side of the adjustable gib opposite the first side;
- a slider movably coupled to the first track and the second track between a first position and a second position, the slider including a tapered upper edge having a tapered profile that is complementary to a tapered profile of the second track;
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- an actuator coupled to the slider, the actuator rotatable in a first rotational direction to move the slider in a first linear direction and a second rotational direction to move the slider in a second linear direction opposite the first linear direction, wherein movement of the slider between the first position and the second position via the actuator causes a change of a gap between the base and the adjustable gib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.