Patent ID: 7104500
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B64D,F02K

Abstract:
1. A lock for a thrust reverser on a jet engine, the thrust reverser having a plurality of doors and at least one door actuator for moving the plurality of doors from a stowed position in which the plurality of doors are out of the exhaust stream of the jet engine to a deployed position in which the plurality of doors are within the exhaust stream of the jet engine, said lock comprising: a rocker pivotally mountable to the jet engine, said rocker having a plurality of arms, each of said plurality of arms having a catch for engaging one of the plurality of doors of the thrust reverser, said rocker further having a boss for attachment to a lock actuator; and a lock actuator connected to said boss of said rocker for moving said rocker between an unlocked position wherein each catch of said plurality of arms is disengageable from said plurality of doors and a locked position wherein each catch of said plurality of arms is engageable with one of the plurality of doors such that said plurality of doors is locked in the stowed position; wherein said rocker further comprises an additional arm adaptable for locking the at least one door actuator when said rocker is in said locked position.