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US 9,845,840 B2Granted
Eccentric tool
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorGary Holloway
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Abstract
An adjustment tool is disclosed herein. For example, an adjustment tool is provided comprising an input gear having gear teeth and an output gear having gear teeth, wherein the input gear and the output gear are in meshed engagement, an input shaft centrally coupled to the input gear, wherein the input gear is configured to rotate about the input shaft, and a housing supporting the input shaft for rotation and supporting a fastener, wherein a tooth of the output gear protrudes from the housing.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- an eccentric bushing having a plurality of circumferentially disposed gear teeth;
- a secondary bushing disposed within the eccentric bushing;
- an aperture disposed within the secondary bushing;
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- an input gear having input gear teeth and an output gear having output gear teeth,
- wherein the input gear teeth and the output gear teeth are in meshed engagement and in contact,
- wherein the output gear teeth are configured to be placed into meshed engagement and in contact with the plurality of circumferentially disposed gear teeth of the eccentric bushing,
- wherein rotation of the output gear causes rotation of the eccentric bushing, and
- wherein rotation of the eccentric bushing causes the aperture to be displaced along a diameter of the eccentric bushing to adjust a stay length of a landing gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.