ADJUSTABLE MOMENT COUNTERWEIGHT WITH MULTIPLE LOCKING METHODS

• Main Authors: ANDERSON, KALEB, SCHREINER, ALEXANDER, SCHWARTZ, RICHARD ALAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.12.2020
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BEARINGS; BLASTING; COSMONAUTICS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; FLYING SUITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NAVIGATION; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; SHAFTS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; SPRINGS; SURVEYING; TESTING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

An adjustable moment counterweight assembly for an angle of attack sensor includes a fixed counterweight configured to fixedly attach to a shaft of the angle of attach sensor, the shaft being rotatable about an axis; an adjustable counterweight configured to move in a radial direction relative to the fixed counterweight via rotation of a threaded member; and a first fastener in operable communication with the fixed counterweight and the adjustable counterweight such that the first fastener can fixedly attach the adjustable counterweight to the fixed counterweight.