US 11,885,282 B2
Locking system and torque limiter for an electrically actuated thrust reverser
Antony Morgan, Wolverhampton (GB)
Assigned to GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Solihull (GB)
Filed by Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, Solihull (GB)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,871.
Application 17/330,871 is a division of application No. 16/021,069, filed on Jun. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,085,396.
Claims priority of application No. 17275151 (EP), filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0285402 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F02K 1/76 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 1/766 (2013.01) [F02K 1/763 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an actuator and a manual drive unit, wherein:
said actuator comprises a drive spline for moving said actuator, said drive spline having a hollow shaft with an inner surface; and
said manual drive unit having a shaft extending therefrom, said shaft having an outer surface; and
wherein said hollow shaft of said drive spline is sized and shaped to receive and mate with said shaft of said manual drive unit;
wherein the system further comprises:
a removable locking device comprising a first end and a second end with a shaft (240) having an outer surface extending between said first and second ends;
wherein said inner surface of said hollow shaft of said drive spline of said actuator is sized and shaped to receive and mate with said outer surface of said shaft of said removable locking device to thereby prevent movement of said actuator when said shaft (240) of said removable locking device is positioned within said hollow shaft of said drive spline.