Device for locking aircraft controls

Details Device for locking aircraft controls Device for locking aircraft controls

1989-11-14

1991-08-27

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft control

Pilot operated

70 58, 70167, 70211, 70163, B64C 314, B65D 5514

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active

050427547

ABSTRACT:
A locking device made of two interfitting parts that holds the throttle control levers of an aircraft in their closed position when the parts are interfit. A key activated locking mechanism holds the two parts together. The throttle control levers are sandwiched between an upper transverse bar and the locking mechanism that secures the two parts to one another. An inclined surface formed mid-length of the upper transverse bar is inclined at the same angle as the throttle control levers when in their throttle closed position to confine the levers to the smallest possible space. A hemispherical-in-configuration cutaway is formed in the lower transverse bar and accommodates the yoke of the aircraft and restricts its movement.

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patent: 2463195 (1949-03-01), Mungan
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patent: 4098102 (1978-07-01), Kalina
patent: 4228974 (1980-10-01), Yates
patent: 4881387 (1989-11-01), Kortenbrede
patent: 4888968 (1989-12-01), Azvedo

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