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Rotary actuator ball-detent locking mechanism

Invented by: Jie Tong
Diamond Bar, CA

Sean Whitmarsh
Castaic, CA

Originally Assigned to: Woodward HRT, Inc.
Santa Clarita, CA
[Now assigned to . . .]

Issued:2012-04-03
Filed:2008-08-26
Application No:12198594
Examined by:Lee; Benjamin P

One embodiment is directed to a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a housing and a rotary actuator carried by the housing. The rotary actuator includes a shaft and armature disposed around at least a portion of the shaft. The armature is configured to rotate the shaft about a longitudinal axis of the shaft. The locking mechanism also has a cam carried by the shaft and a set of locking balls disposed between the cam and the housing. The locking mechanism has a locking assembly carried by the housing, the locking assembly being axially positionable between a locked position relative to the housing and a released position relative to the housing.

[pdf] U.S. Pat. No. 8,148,670

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