Jam-tolerant actuator
AssigneeAirbus UK Limited
InventorsNicholas Elliott, Arnaud Didey
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Abstract
An actuator comprises first and second linear motion devices, each able to extend the actuator and arranged such that jamming of one of the first and second linear motion devices does not preclude operation of the other. The first linear motion device comprises a first linear screw, a first nut, and a first prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the screw and nut. Similarly, the second linear motion device comprises a second linear screw, a second nut, and a second prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the second screw and nut. The first linear screw may have a bore in which the second linear screw is accommodated when the actuator is in the retracted position.
Claims19
An actuator comprising first and second linear motion devices, wherein
- the first linear motion device comprises a first linear screw, a first nut, and a first prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the first linear screw and the first nut,
- the second linear motion device comprises a second linear screw, a second nut, and a second prime mover arranged to impart relative linear motion between the second linear screw and the second nut,
- the actuator is arranged to be extended as a result of relative linear motion between the first linear screw and the first nut or relative linear motion between the second linear screw and the second nut, and
- the first and second linear motion devices are arranged such that jamming of one of the first and second linear motion devices does not preclude operation of the other of the first and second linear motion devices.
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