公开(公告)号：US20240278935A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18172837

申请日：2023-02-22

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Gregory Alan Spruce

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  F16C35/06 ,  F16C43/04

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  F16C35/06 ,  F16C43/04 ,  B64C29/0033

Abstract: A fixture for installing a bearing race around a mast at a particular location is described. The fixture includes a plurality of vertical rails; a mast retention assembly positioned in between the plurality of rails and connected to inner surfaces of the rails, the mast retention assembly including a mast retention opening for receiving the mast therethrough, the mast retention assembly maintaining the mast in a vertical orientation when the mast is disposed through the mast retention opening; and a shuttle translatably connected to inner surfaces of the rails, the shuttle configured to retain the bearing race in a bearing race retention opening of the shuttle and to translate the bearing race from an upper end of the mast as the mast is disposed through the mast retention opening, wherein the mast passes through an inner opening of the bearing race, and to the particular position on the mast.