Nose-wheel steering actuator
AssigneeGoodrich Actuation Systems Limited
InventorsAndrew Robert Hawksworth, John H. Harvey
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Abstract
An actuator comprises a shaft 12 arranged to be driven for rotation by an electrically powered motor 18, a sleeve 22 encircling at least part of the shaft 12 and carrying a toothed rack formation 26, and a low friction screw coupling 36 between the shaft 12 and the sleeve 22 and arranged such that rotation of the shaft 12 drives the sleeve 22 for axial movement, wherein the low friction screw coupling 36 is adjacent and aligned with the rack formation 26.
Claims14
An actuator comprising a shaft arranged to be driven for rotation by an electrically powered motor, a sleeve encircling at least part of the shaft and carrying a toothed rack formation, and a low friction screw coupling between the shaft and the sleeve and arranged such that rotation of the shaft drives the sleeve for axial movement, wherein the low friction screw coupling is adjacent and aligned with the rack formation, the shaft including a reduced diameter region at which are located elements forming part of the low friction screw coupling.
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