Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced height swashplate assembly
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Application No.: US16210489Application Date: 2018-12-05
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Publication No.: US11643197B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Scott David Poster , Charles Hubert Speller , Mark Adam Wiinikka
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Forth Worth
- Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Edwin S. Flores; Daniel J. Chalker
- Main IPC: B64C27/605
- IPC: B64C27/605 ; F01D5/02

Abstract:
A swashplate assembly includes: a mounting sleeve configured for coupling to and around an upper portion of a gearbox, wherein the mounting sleeve extends downwards from the upper portion of the gearbox; a tilt sleeve coupled to the mounting sleeve, wherein the tilt sleeve has a curved exterior surface; a non-rotating swashplate ring positioned around the tilt sleeve, wherein the non-rotating swashplate ring has a first set of pitch control connectors and an anti-rotation connector; a rotating swashplate ring rotatable about the non-rotating swashplate ring, wherein the rotating swashplate ring has a second set of pitch control connectors and a drive link connector; and a first bearing system mounted between the non-rotating swashplate ring and the rotating swashplate ring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200180757A1 REDUCED HEIGHT SWASHPLATE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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