Patent ID: 9211946
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B64C,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A method of folding a wing of an aircraft, the method comprising: moving, via a fold actuator, an unfixed portion of the wing with respect to a fixed portion of the wing between a flight position and a folded position; preventing, via a latch, movement of the unfixed portion of the wing with respect to the fixed portion of the wing, the latch comprising: a first lock configured to prevent movement of a latch pin of the latch, and a first cam configured to, via contact with a second cam comprising a second lock, prevent the second lock from transitioning to a second engaged position until the first lock is in a first engaged position; preventing, via the second cam, the first lock from transitioning away from the first engaged position until the second lock transitions away from the second engaged position transferring a first force, via a first shaft of the first lock, from a first piston to first cam and to the first lock member; transferring a second force, via a second shaft of the first lock, from the first spring to the first lock member; transferring a third force, via a third shaft of the second lock, from a second piston to the second cam and to the second lock member; and transferring a fourth force, via a fourth shaft of the second lock, from the second spring to the second lock member.