Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric drive system for rotorcraft
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Application No.: US17075281Application Date: 2020-10-20
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Publication No.: US11781544B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Grant Beall , Stephen Yibum Chung
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Akona IP
- Main IPC: F04C2/10
- IPC: F04C2/10 ; F04C15/00

Abstract:
A rotor system comprising a driveshaft; at least one motor for providing rotational energy for the driveshaft; an overrunning clutch connected to the motor and disposed around the driveshaft, wherein the overrunning clutch is rotated by the at least one motor; and a pump assembly associated with the at least one motor, the pump assembly comprising a large bore through which the driveshaft passes such that the pump assembly is arranged concentric to the driveshaft, the pump assembly further comprising a gerotor pump comprising inner and outer gerotor pump gears, wherein an inner bore of the gerotor pump engages and is driven by the overrunning clutch; and a cover disposed over the gerotor pump for providing a sump for the gerotor pump.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220120261A1 ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ROTORCRAFT Public/Granted day:2022-04-21
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