Invention Application
- Patent Title: Inboard Bearing Assemblies with Anti-Rotation Features
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Application No.: US15698796Application Date: 2017-09-08
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Publication No.: US20190017543A1Publication Date: 2019-01-17
- Inventor: Glenn Alan Shimek , Amarjit Olenchery Kizhakkepat , Ken Shundo , Michael Dean Dearman , Kyle Thomas Cravener , Michael Christopher Burnett
- 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
- Main IPC: F16C27/06
- IPC: F16C27/06 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
A bearing assembly for coupling a proprotor blade to a yoke in a proprotor system. The bearing assembly is positionable within an inboard pocket of a blade arm of the yoke. The proprotor system is operable for use on a tiltrotor aircraft having helicopter and airplane flight modes. The bearing assembly includes a centrifugal force bearing and a shear bearing having an inboard beam coupled therebetween. The centrifugal force bearing has a mating surface, a lateral movement constraint feature and at least one radially extending anti-rotation feature. The inboard beam has a mating surface in a contact relationship with the mating surface of the centrifugal force bearing, a lateral movement constraint feature operably associated with the lateral movement constraint feature of the centrifugal force bearing and at least one radially extending anti-rotation feature that corresponds with the at least one radially extending anti-rotation feature of the centrifugal force bearing.
Public/Granted literature
- US10514060B2 Inboard bearing assemblies with anti-rotation features Public/Granted day:2019-12-24
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