Invention Application
- Patent Title: SELF-DAMPING ACTUATOR
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Application No.: PCT/US2021/054371Application Date: 2021-10-11
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Publication No.: WO2022081455A1Publication Date: 2022-04-21
- Inventor: KOPECEK, Joseph Thomas , MUSTER, William
- Applicant: WOODWARD, INC.
- Applicant Address: 1081 Woodward Way
- Assignee: WOODWARD, INC.
- Current Assignee: WOODWARD, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: 1081 Woodward Way
- Agency: MUSSELMAN, JR., P. Weston et al.
- Priority: US17/068,273 2020-10-12
- Main IPC: F02K1/76
- IPC: F02K1/76
Abstract:
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an actuator apparatus includes an output member configured to actuate between a first positional configuration and a second positional configuration, a source fluid reservoir, a fluid velocity resistor configured to provide a predetermined resistance to fluid flow, a fluid velocity fuse configured to flow fluid flows having a first predetermined range of fluid velocities and to block fluid flows having second predetermined range of fluid velocities, and a fluid actuator assembly configured to urge fluid flow from the source fluid reservoir through the fluid velocity resistor and the fluid velocity fuse based on actuation of the output member.
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