Abstract: A pressure regulating shut-off valve (PRSOV) for an aircraft anti-ice system includes a valve body defining an inlet and an outlet and a fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet. The valve includes a first piston is operable as a shut-off piston, a second piston is operable as a shut-off piston and as a regulating piston and a third piston is operable as a regulating piston, the third piston being actuable to regulate flow between the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A pressure regulating system includes a valve including a valve inlet and a valve outlet, a regulating piston positioned in a fluid pathway between the valve inlet and the valve outlet, a chamber in fluid communication with the regulating piston, a pressure setting valve in fluid communication with the chamber, a solenoid valve in fluid communication with the chamber and a sense line fluidly communicating with the valve inlet with the solenoid valve. The pressure setting valve is configured to vent gas to an ambient environment when a pressure within the chamber exceeds a threshold value. The solenoid valve is configured to move from a first position to a second position, the first position fluidly connecting the chamber with the sense line, and the second position fluidly connecting the chamber to the ambient environment (and thereby disconnecting the sense line from the chamber).

Abstract: An assembly for monitoring torque applied to a control rod of an actuator, the control rod mounted within and rotational relative to a housing, the assembly comprising a torsional spring located between the control rod and the housing, and one or more sensors for monitoring angular displacement of the control rod relative to the housing as consequence of torque applied to the control rod transmitted through the torsional spring.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a shaft is arranged to extend around an outer circumferential surface of the shaft and includes: a first seal ring having a first ring angled surface; a second seal ring having a second ring angled surface; and an elastic ring disposed between the first seal ring and the second seal ring and in contact with the angled surfaces. The elastic ring is arranged to act on the angled surfaces to bias the first seal ring and second seal ring radially inwardly and apart from one another. The seal assembly can be part of a rotary valve.

Abstract: A Stability and Control Augmentation System (“SCAS”) module comprising one or more SCAS actuators, the or each SCAS actuator comprising a mechanical component that translates rotational motion to linear motion along a first axis of said SCAS; one or more electric motors for driving linear movement of the mechanical component in response to a command signal; and one or more angular transducers to detect the position of the SCAS actuator along the first axis.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a first port configured to receive a first gas at an input pressure, a second port configured to receive a second gas at a regulating pressure and a third port in fluid communication with the first port via an orifice and configured to output the first gas at an output pressure. The valve also includes a piston movable along an axis and configured to control the passage of gas through the orifice between the first port and the second port, such that the output pressure of the gas is dependent on the axial position of the piston, a resilient member configured to bias the piston. and a chamber at least partly defined by the piston and in fluid communication with the second port, such that the force exerted by the gas within the chamber on the piston acts against the action of the resilient member.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a first port that receives a first gas at an input pressure, a second port that receive a second gas at a regulating pressure, a third port in communication with the first port via an orifice and that outputs the first gas at an output pressure and a piston movable along an axis and configured to control the passage of gas through the orifice between the first port and the second port, such that the output pressure of the gas is dependent on the axial position of the piston. The valve also in include a resilient member configured to bias the piston and the valve comprises a chamber at least partly defined by the piston and in fluid communication with the second port, such that the force exerted by the gas within the chamber on the piston acts against the action of the resilient member.

Abstract: A Stability and Control Augmentation System (“SCAS”) module comprising one or more SCAS actuators, the or each SCAS actuator comprising a mechanical component that translates rotational motion to linear motion along a first axis of said SCAS; one or more electric motors for driving linear movement of the mechanical component in response to a command signal; and one or more angular transducers to detect the position of the SCAS actuator along the first axis.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a first port that receives a first gas at an input pressure, a second port that receive a second gas at a regulating pressure, a third port in communication with the first port via an orifice and that outputs the first gas at an output pressure and a piston movable along an axis and configured to control the passage of gas through the orifice between the first port and the second port, such that the output pressure of the gas is dependent on the axial position of the piston. The valve also in include a resilient member configured to bias the piston and the valve comprises a chamber at least partly defined by the piston and in fluid communication with the second port, such that the force exerted by the gas within the chamber on the piston acts against the action of the resilient member.

Abstract: A system for moving a hydraulic actuator that uses the new type of hydraulic no-back device. In some examples, the system comprises: a hydraulic power module for pumping hydraulic fluid through the system to the actuator, a reservoir for receiving said fluid back from said system and said actuator, first and second check valves; a conduit or conduits for fluidly connecting said power module to said check valves and said reservoir; and wherein said conduit or conduits are connected so as to allow said hydraulic fluid to flow from the hydraulic power module to said first check valve, and from said first check valve into said hydraulic actuator, and from said hydraulic actuator to said second check valve and from said second check valve to said reservoir.