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公开(公告)号:US20210318143A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-14
申请号:US16846372
申请日:2020-04-12
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Grant Michael Beall , William Anthony Amante , Jessica Arlie Revere
Abstract: A resolver assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft is configured to detect and measure rotation of a spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly includes first and second gear-driven resolvers. The first and second resolvers are coupled about a shared pivot axis and are independently pivotable about the pivot axis to maintain engagement of the first and second resolvers with the spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly is configured such that the first and second resolvers are biased toward the spindle. The input shafts of the first and second resolvers are spaced from the pivot axis through respective first and second distances that extend outward from the pivot axis along respective first and second radial directions. The first distance is equal to the second distance and the first radial direction is not coincident with the second radial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20230061193A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17410519
申请日:2021-08-24
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Grant Michael Beall , Michael Raymond Hull
IPC: H02K7/08 , F16C35/063
Abstract: An electric motor adapted to apply torque to a drive shaft rotatable about an axis, the electric motor includes a stator, a rotor adapted to rotate relative to the stator, a primary bearing interoperably coupled to the stator and adapted to provide bearing support between the stator and the rotor, an auxiliary bearing interoperably coupled to the drive shaft, an annular shear adapter connected to the primary bearing and the auxiliary bearing, and a shear pin interoperably coupled to the primary bearing via the annular shear adapter and configured to break responsive to torque between the annular shear adapter and the drive shaft exceeding a predetermined torque threshold.
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公开(公告)号:US20220219826A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17148273
申请日:2021-01-13
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft is described and includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast. The drive system includes at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a motor shaft; and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the motor shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US11772804B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17148273
申请日:2021-01-13
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
CPC classification number: B64D27/24 , B64C29/0033 , B64D35/08
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft is described and includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast. The drive system includes at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a motor shaft; and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the motor shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US11814163B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17148307
申请日:2021-01-13
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64D27/24 , B64D29/02 , B64D35/02 , B64D35/04 , H02K7/108 , H02K7/116 , F16D41/00
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast via a yoke, wherein the rotor assembly is tiltable between a first position corresponding to an airplane mode and a second position corresponding to a helicopter mode; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast, the drive system comprising at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a drive shaft and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the drive shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft; wherein the drive system is rotatable relative to the wing about a tilt axis and the rotor shaft is coaxial with the drive shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US20220242557A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-04
申请号:US17163785
申请日:2021-02-01
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft includes an open rotor assembly comprising an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast, wherein the rotor assembly is tiltable relative to a wing of the aircraft between a first position corresponding to an airplane mode of the aircraft and a second position corresponding to a helicopter mode of the aircraft; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast. The drive system includes at least one electric motor for generating rotational energy to a motor shaft; and a gearbox connected to receive rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the motor shaft and to provide rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft, wherein the at least one electric motor is fixed relative to the wing of the aircraft.
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公开(公告)号:US20220219817A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-14
申请号:US17148307
申请日:2021-01-13
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft includes an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast via a yoke, wherein the rotor assembly is tiltable between a first position corresponding to an airplane mode and a second position corresponding to a helicopter mode; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast, the drive system comprising at least one electric motor for providing rotational energy to a drive shaft and a gearbox connected to the drive shaft for receiving rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the drive shaft and providing rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft; wherein the drive system is rotatable relative to the wing about a tilt axis and the rotor shaft is coaxial with the drive shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US11975826B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17163785
申请日:2021-02-01
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jonathan Andrew Knoll , George Matthew Thompson , Charles Hubert Speller , Grant Michael Beall
CPC classification number: B64C27/28 , B64C29/0033
Abstract: A rotor system for an aircraft includes an open rotor assembly comprising an open rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades connected to a rotor mast, wherein the rotor assembly is tiltable relative to a wing of the aircraft between a first position corresponding to an airplane mode of the aircraft and a second position corresponding to a helicopter mode of the aircraft; and a drive system for providing rotational energy to the open rotor assembly via the rotor mast. The drive system includes at least one electric motor for generating rotational energy to a motor shaft; and a gearbox connected to receive rotational energy from the at least one electric motor via the motor shaft and to provide rotational energy to the rotor mast via a rotor shaft, wherein the at least one electric motor is fixed relative to the wing of the aircraft.
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公开(公告)号:US11815368B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US16846372
申请日:2020-04-12
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Grant Michael Beall , William Anthony Amante , Jessica Arlie Revere
CPC classification number: G01D5/2291 , B64C11/001 , B64C29/0033 , B64D45/0005 , F16H19/001 , F16H57/12 , F16H2057/127
Abstract: A resolver assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft is configured to detect and measure rotation of a spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly includes first and second gear-driven resolvers. The first and second resolvers are coupled about a shared pivot axis and are independently pivotable about the pivot axis to maintain engagement of the first and second resolvers with the spindle of the aircraft. The resolver assembly is configured such that the first and second resolvers are biased toward the spindle. The input shafts of the first and second resolvers are spaced from the pivot axis through respective first and second distances that extend outward from the pivot axis along respective first and second radial directions. The first distance is equal to the second distance and the first radial direction is not coincident with the second radial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11722033B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17410519
申请日:2021-08-24
Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
Inventor: Grant Michael Beall , Michael Raymond Hull
IPC: H05K7/08 , H02K7/08 , F16C35/063
CPC classification number: H02K7/088 , F16C35/063 , F16C2380/26 , H02K2213/06
Abstract: An electric motor adapted to apply torque to a drive shaft rotatable about an axis, the electric motor includes a stator, a rotor adapted to rotate relative to the stator, a primary bearing interoperably coupled to the stator and adapted to provide bearing support between the stator and the rotor, an auxiliary bearing interoperably coupled to the drive shaft, an annular shear adapter connected to the primary bearing and the auxiliary bearing, and a shear pin interoperably coupled to the primary bearing via the annular shear adapter and configured to break responsive to torque between the annular shear adapter and the drive shaft exceeding a predetermined torque threshold.
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