Out-of-plane thrust reverser sleeve lock
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJoe E. Sternberger
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Abstract
A thrust reverser system for a jet engine has a thrust reverser sleeve lock, preferably for each thrust reverser sleeve, that provides at least one of the redundant anti-deployment mechanisms of the thrust reverser. The thrust reverser sleeve lock has a lock pin that engages a lock pin hole in a slider of the thrust reverser when the thrust reverser sleeve is in a stowed position and the thrust reverser sleeve lock is in a lock position to prevent the thrust reverser sleeve from deploying. The thrust reverser sleeve lock is located out of a plane in which other anti-deployment mechanisms of the thrust reverser are located.
Claims22
In a thrust reverser for a jet engine having a housing and a plurality of anti-deployment mechanisms, at least one of the anti-deployment mechanisms comprising a thrust reverser sleeve lock located out of the plane in which other of the anti-deployment mechanisms are located;
- wherein the thrust reverser sleeve lock includes a lock pin which interacts with the housing of the thrust reverser to prevent the movement of the thrust reverser sleeve lock.
A thrust reverser sleeve lock for a thrust reverser sleeve of a thrust reverser, comprising an actuator having a lock pin that, when the actuator is in a lock position, engages a lock pin engagement element of the thrust reverser that moves with a thrust reverser sleeve between a stowed position and a deployed position, and when the actuator is in an unlock position, is disengaged from the lock pin engagement element, the thrust reverser sleeve lock mounted within an engine nacelle out of a plane in which other anti-deployment mechanisms of the thrust reverser are located.
A thrust reverser sleeve lock for a thrust reverser sleeve of a thrust reverser, comprising:
- (a) a main track slider of the thrust reverser having a lock pin engagement element;
- (b) a single-action actuator having a lock pin that engages the lock pin engagement element of the main track slider when the thrust reverser sleeve is in a stowed position and the actuator is in a lock position;
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- (c) the thrust reverser sleeve lock being located within an engine nacelle containing the thrust reverser out of a plane in which other anti-deployment mechanisms of the thrust reverser are located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.