Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-symmetric spring
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Application No.: US16176585Application Date: 2018-10-31
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Publication No.: US11174912B2Publication Date: 2021-11-16
- Inventor: Tyler Wayne Baldwin , Kyle Thomas Cravener
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Edwin S. Flores; Daniel J. Chalker
- Main IPC: F16F1/40
- IPC: F16F1/40 ; F16F3/12 ; B64C27/14 ; G06F30/17 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
The present invention includes a torsion spring including a middle plate having a first attachment point displaced from the geometric center of the middle plate; a first elastomeric element secured to a first side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a second elastomeric element secured to a second side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a first outer plate secured to the first elastomeric element and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; and a second outer plate secured to the second elastomeric element, having an opening coincident with the attachment point of the middle plate.
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