ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,348, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ROHR INC. (Chula Vista, Calif.).
"Linkage damper for aircraft component" was invented by Timothy Gormley (Bonita, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion system includes a passage, a blocker door, an actuation linkage and a damper. The thrust reverser is configured to move the blocker door from a stowed position to a deployed position using the actuation linkage. The blocker door is located radially outboard of a flowpath relative to an axis when the blocker door is in the stowed position. The blocker door is configured to redirect air flowing in the f...