Patent ID: 6394390
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B64F

Abstract:
A hook cable support assembly, for an aircraft arresting system, comprising:an assembly enclosure having a detachable cover with a pivot structure mounted to the cover; a support arm supported below the cover by the pivot structure and rotatable about an axis thereof; a torsion spring device concentric to said axis and arranged to rotate the support arm upward to a static alignment; a cable support block mounted to the support arm and rotatable between raised and lowered positions; a four-bar linkage coupled between the support arm and the support block and operable to rotate the support block; a cylinder/piston device coupled between the support arm and the four-bar linkage and operable on the four-bar linkage to rotate the support block to its lowered position; and a compression spring device mounted between the support arm and the four-bar linkage and arranged to cause the linkage to rotate the support block to its raised position in the absence of action by the cylinder/piston device to rotate the support block to its lowered position.