Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inner member for main rotor centrifugal force bearing
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Application No.: US18347737Application Date: 2023-07-06
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Publication No.: US12221207B2Publication Date: 2025-02-11
- Inventor: Amarjit Kizhakkepat , Mark Adam Wiinikka
- Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
- Main IPC: B64C27/37
- IPC: B64C27/37 ; B64C27/35

Abstract:
A back-to-back spherical bearing assembly for a rotary system of a rotary aircraft includes a spherical bearing member having an interior cavity and a spherical bearing surface defining a bearing focal point, a first elastomeric and a second elastomeric bonded to the spherical bearing surface on opposite sides of the bearing focal point, an inboard attachment bonded to the first elastomeric and configured to be secured to a rotor hub of the rotary system, and an outboard attachment bonded to the second elastomeric and configured to be secured to a rotor blade of the rotary system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20250010982A1 INNER MEMBER FOR MAIN ROTOR CENTRIFUGAL FORCE BEARING Public/Granted day:2025-01-09
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