An actuator for a flight control surface of an aircraft, including: a fixed annulus for fixing to the fuselage, an rotatable annulus with respect to the fixed annulus about an axis of rotation, an output ring which can be fixed to the control surface, and a coupling mechanism having a disc with translational mobility with respect to the mobile annulus in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation, the disc able to move between an engaged position, and a disengaged position, in which the disc is disengaged from the mobile annulus to disconnect the output ring from the mobile annulus. A retaining piece keeps the disc in the engaged position, and a rupture member activates to break the retaining piece to allow the disc to move into the disengaged position.

There is provided a variable speed increaser including a planetary gear transmission device which changes the speed of a rotational driving force of the electric driving device and transmits the changed rotation driving force to a driving target, and a rotation rate controller. The electric driving device includes a constant-speed motor having a constant-speed rotor, and a variable-speed motor having a variable-speed rotor and driven in a regenerative mode and in a power mode. A rotation rate of the output shaft varies within an operation range between a maximum rotation rate and a minimum rotation rate. The constant-speed motor has a rated torque which allows the output shaft to have the maximum rotation rate by itself. The rotation rate controller changes the rotation rate of the output shaft rotating within the operation range by driving the variable-speed motor only in the regenerative mode.

A gear transmission device: comprising a main shaft A, a main shaft B and gear housing frames, the main shaft A and main shaft B are coaxial, the main shaft A is fixedly provided with the center gear A, and the main shaft B is fixedly provided with the center gear B; gear housing frames are connected with the main shaft A and main shaft B through bearings, gear housing frames comprise the fixedly connected housing frame A and housing frame B, the housing frame A is provided with several rotatable planetary gears A, and the housing frame B is provided with several rotatable planetary gears B, the planetary gears A mesh with the center gear A, and the planetary gears B mesh with the center gear B; several planetary gears A mesh with the internal gear A, and several planetary gears B mesh with the internal gear B.

A planetary transmission includes first and second ring gears and a double planet with first and second gears rotatably disposed about a common shaft and arranged such that the gear teeth of the first gear of the double planet engage into the gear teeth of the first ring gear, and the gear teeth of the second gear of the double planet engage into the gear teeth of the second ring gear. The first gear of the double planet is preloaded in a clockwise direction such that the gear teeth of the first gear of the double planet are in contact with the gear teeth of the first ring gear, and the second gear of the double planet is preloaded in a counterclockwise direction such that the gear teeth of the second gear of the double planet are in contact with the gear teeth of the second ring gear.

An epicyclic gearbox includes a sun gear assembly, a planet gear assembly, and a ring gear assembly engaged with a forward planet gear and an aft planet gear of the planet gear assembly. A first axial shroud is also provided positioned forward of the forward planet gear or aft of the aft planet gear along an axial direction. The first axial shroud covers substantially all of a forward side of the forward planet gear or an aft side of the aft planet gear. The planet gear assembly is coupled to a planet gear carrier, the planet gear carrier including a radial shroud including one or more radial shroud surfaces extending along at least a portion of an outer circumference of the forward planet gear and along at least a portion of an outer circumference of the aft planet gear.

An epicyclic gear assembly includes a carrier that includes a first plate axially spaced from a second plate by a connector. A first epicyclic gear set is supported adjacent the first plate and includes a first set of circumferentially offset intermediate gears meshing with a first sun gear and a first ring gear. A second epicyclic gear set is axially spaced from the first epicyclic gear set and supported adjacent the second plate and includes a second set of circumferentially offset intermediate gears meshing with a second sun gear and a second ring gear. The first epicyclic gear is set and the second epicyclic gear set maintain relative intermeshing alignment during flexure-induced deformation of the carrier. The first ring gear includes a first set of teeth that extends from a first flexible flange and the second ring gear includes a second set of teeth that extends from a second flexible flange.

A torque transfer device has plural planets arranged for planetary rotation about one or more sun gears and within one or more ring gears. Each planet includes at least one planetary gear set comprising plural planetary gears connected to rotate together, but having a different diameter to form a differential gear system. To improve load sharing, the plural planetary gears of each planetary gear set may have a different helical angle, the plural planetary gear sets being axially movable with respect to one another. Alternatively or in addition, the planetary gears may be made flexible with respect to radial forces.

A kit of parts to provide a reconfigurable epicyclic gear system, The kit of parts includes at least one sun gear; a planet carrier; a plurality of sets of planet gears configured to be mounted on the planet carrier and to mesh with the at least one sun gear; and a plurality of ring gears configured to mesh with the plurality of sets of planet gears; wherein the at least one sun gear, the plurality of sets of planet gears and the plurality of ring gears all have the same modulus such that they can be arranged in different configurations that each produce a different output torque.

The present invention relates to torque variation planetary gears. According to the present invention, a gear reducer is provided, which comprises: a housing comprising at least one internal thread portion; at least one pinion arranged in the housing, the at least one pinion being fixed from axial movement relative to the housing and comprising at least one external thread portion engaged with the at least one internal thread portion of the housing, wherein elevation angles of the external thread portion and the internal thread portion are equal and directions thereof are aligned. The gear reducer further comprises a sun gear arranged in the housing and configured to drive the at least one pinion, and a carrier arranged in the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing, wherein the at least one pinion is rotatably connected to the carrier in a bearing support mounted in the carrier. The achieved technical effect is an increase in resistance of the gear reducer to impact loads and overloads by torque applied to output link.

A reaction arm for use with a torque generating device, the reaction arm including a reaction bar, and a body portion having a first internal diameter, and having formed on an internal surface thereof a female spline having a second internal diameter and a guide bushing having a third internal diameter, the first, second, and third internal diameter being distinctly sized.