Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fail-safe electromechanical actuator
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Application No.: US14695321Application Date: 2015-04-24
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Publication No.: US10066715B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Lowell Van Lund Larson , Christopher A. Moore
- Applicant: Moog Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY East Aurora
- Assignee: Moog Inc.
- Current Assignee: Moog Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY East Aurora
- Agency: Hodgson Russ LLP
- Main IPC: F16H25/00
- IPC: F16H25/00 ; F16H25/20 ; B64C13/28 ; F16H25/22 ; F16H25/24

Abstract:
An electromechanical actuator (“EMA”) is provided with redundant load paths for driving the actuator stroke. The EMA includes a rotatable screw, a nut mated with the screw and having an external toothed surface, and a rotatable spline member having a splined surface engaging the external toothed surface of the nut. An actuator rod is coupled to the nut for linear movement with the nut. A first motor is operable to rotate the screw relative to the nut to cause the nut to travel linearly along the screw, and a second motor is operable to rotate the spline member and nut such that the nut travels linearly along the screw. Consequently, the actuator rod moves linearly by operation of the first motor alone, by operation of the second motor alone, and by simultaneous operation of the first and second motors. A no-back device may be incorporated into each load path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160312867A1 FAIL-SAFE ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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