Patent ID: 6334276
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: B64C,E05F,E05Y,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An actuator for use in operating an access door on an airplane, said actuator comprising:a body having a motor member and having a drive member which is movable relative to the body under the action of the motor member, the motor member being an electric motor; transmission means mounted inside the body operatively connected between the electric motor and the drive member to drive said drive member from the electric motor, said transmission means comprising actuator disengaging means for mechanically disengaging the electric motor from the drive member to allow the drive member to be moved independently of the electric motor, and including detection means for detecting when the access door is in a closed position, the disengaging means being such as to mechanically disengage the electric motor from the drive member when the detector means detects the access door in the closed position.