US 11,781,502 B2
Actuation system for a thrust reverser of an aircraft propulsion system
Timothy Gormley, Bonita, CA (US)
Assigned to ROHR, INC., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed by Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,273, filed on May 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0065195 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F02K 1/76 (2006.01); F02K 1/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/12 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F02K 1/763 (2013.01) [F02K 1/72 (2013.01); F16H 37/122 (2013.01); F16H 57/0426 (2013.01); F05D 2260/40311 (2013.01); F05D 2260/53 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
a first actuator;
a second actuator; and
a linkage system configured to transfer torque between the first actuator and the second actuator, the linkage system including a first linkage shaft, a second linkage shaft and a gearbox, the first linkage shaft having a first centerline, the second linkage shaft having a second centerline offset from the first centerline, and the gearbox coupled to and between the first linkage shaft and the second linkage shaft;
wherein the first linkage shaft comprises a first lubricant flow passage;
wherein the second linkage shaft comprises a second lubricant flow passage; and
wherein the gearbox fluidly couples the first lubricant flow passage to the second lubricant flow passage.