Redundant load path for a tiltable aircraft component patent

Redundant load path for a tiltable aircraft component

A tilting apparatus for an aircraft, comprising: a tiltable aircraft component which tilts between a first and second position, at least one actuator for adjusting a tilt angle of the tiltable aircraft component, and at least one passive damper connected to the tiltable aircraft component and configured to limit a rate of change of the tilt angle of the tiltable aircraft component. The at least one passive damper is on a load path separate from a load path of the at least one actuator.

Publication details

Recorded assignee: Archer Aviation Inc.
Publication number: US 12637211 B2
Publication type: Utility patent grant
Publication date: May 26, 2026
Filing date: Oct 16, 2024
CPC classes: B64C29/0033, F16B2/06, B60L15/06, B60L15/38, B64C27/54, B64C29/0008, B64D27/30, B64D27/31, B64D27/34, B64D33/08, B64D35/02, F16H57/08, H02K1/27, H02K1/32, H02K5/124, H02K5/203, H02K7/08, H02K7/116, H02K9/19, H02K11/33, H02K15/03, H02M7/5395, H02P21/50, H02P25/16, H02P27/06, H02P27/08, B60L2200/10, B60L2210/40, H02K7/006
Inventors: Beno; Jonathan Anthony, Dyer; Benjamin Scott, Storrs; Nathan Daniel

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