Patent ID: 11952106
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. A method of providing a rotary-actuated control surface comprising:
securing a rotary actuator having opposing output shaft ends to an aft portion of a wing structure;
coupling, via actuator universal joints, the opposing output shaft ends to first and second torque tubes extending angularly from substantially obliquely relative to the rotary actuator;
coupling first and second pivot joints respectively to the first and second torque tubes via control surface universal joints;
coupling the first and second pivot joints to a hinged end of the control surface;
securing first and second pivot mountings on the aft portion of the wing structure, each having one or more holes that define a hinge axis and are configured to support the first and second pivot joints about which the control surface rotates; and
coupling the first and second pivot joints to the one or more holes in the first and second pivot mountings.