US 12,013,015 B2
Actuator assembly
Kyle Sommerfeld, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,609.
Application 18/337,609 is a division of application No. 17/457,923, filed on Dec. 7, 2021, granted, now 11,746,862.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,280, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332675 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 25/2015 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an actuator assembly, the method comprising:
rotating a threaded shaft and an annular ratchet in a first rotational direction;
moving a threaded nut along the threaded shaft in a first direction along a longitudinal axis toward the annular ratchet via the rotating of the threaded shaft and the annular ratchet in the first rotational direction;
blocking the rotating of the annular ratchet in the first rotational direction via contact between the annular ratchet and the threaded nut; and
moving the annular ratchet along the threaded shaft in a second direction along the longitudinal axis toward the threaded nut via the rotating of the threaded shaft in the first rotational direction while blocking the rotating of the annular ratchet in the first rotational direction via the contact between the annular ratchet and the threaded nut.