Abstract:
A constant-velocity drive system for a rotary-wing aircraft rotor comprising a differential torque-splitting mechanism and a gimbal mechanism is disclosed. A rotary-wing aircraft having a rotary-wing aircraft rotor comprising a differential torque- splitting mechanism and a gimbal mechanism is disclosed.
Abstract:
A helicopter main rotor control system includes a trunnion head mountable to a rotatable helicopter mast wherein the trunnion head has a control bar pivot supported by the trunnion head and pivotal about an axis substantially at a right angle to the helicopter mast. A control bar extends through the control bar pivot at a right angle thereto, and a pair of opposing leaf hinges are pivotal about the control bar and centered about said trunnion head. Each leaf hinge has a hinge plate extending from the control bar and defines a rotor blade mount hole therethrough.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a constant velocity universal joint for each type of transmission and in particular for helicopters with rotors called gimballed, in which the hub (2) of a rotor equipped with blades (7) is supported on a transmission shaft (1), said "mast", by means of a cardan's suspension composed of two concentric rings ( 5A and 5B), a first inner ring (5A) has a revolute connection to two opposite pins (31) of the carrier (3) connected to transmission shaft (1) and a second outer ring (5B) has a revolute connection to two opposite pins (22) of the hub (2).The two concentric rings are also interconnected by a pair of swivel opposite pins (542), in quadrature with respect to the pins (31) connected to the transmission shaft and to the pins (22) of the hub, whose common axis (00) is stably maintained in a plane, said homokinetic, which bisects the angle between the axis of rotation of the hub (2) and the axis of rotation of the transmission shaft (1), by means of at least one (but preferably two) devices (6), original and improved, said bisectors, which are connected both to the transmission shaft and to hub, thus obtaining a homokinetic transmission of rotational motion between said transmission shaft (1) and said hub (2), to which the blades (7) are fixed irrespective of the angle of inclination the hub assumes with respect to the drive shaft.
Abstract:
Ein unbemanntes Höhenluftfahrzeug, insbesondere Stratosphären-Luftfahrzeug, mit zumindest einem Rumpf (10), Tragflügeln (13, 14), Steuerflächen (13", 14", 20', 20", 21 ', 21") und zumindest einer Antriebseinrichtung (15, 16, 17), die zumindest eine Antriebsmaschine und zumindest einen Propeller (15', 16', 17') aufweist, zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass der jeweilige Tragflügel (13, 14) eine Mehrzahl von sich in einer Richtung quer, vorzugsweise rechtwinklig, zur Rumpflängsachse (Z) erstreckenden Flügelholmen (46', 46") und Schläuchen (40, 41, 42, 43, 44) aufweist, die von einer eine Flügelbespannung (45) bildenden Haut umgeben sind, welche die Querschnittskontur des Tragflügels bestimmt, wobei die Querschnittskontur ein Laminarprofil bildet, das bei geringem Strömungswiderstand einen hohen Auftrieb erzeugt; dass der jeweilige Tragflügel (13, 14) an seinem vom Rumpf (10) abgewandten freien Ende mit einem sich quer zur Tragflügellängsachse erstreckenden Winglet (13', 14') versehen ist und dass das Winglet (13', 14') mit einer bewegbaren Steuerfläche (13", 14") versehen ist, die die Erzeugung einer aerodynamischen Seitenkraft ermöglicht, um das Luftfahrzeug in eine Schrägrolllage zu bringen.
Abstract:
A constant-velocity drive system for an aircraft rotor has a gimbal mechanism and a differential torque-combining mechanism. The gimbal mechanism has gimbals driven in rotation by a rotor mast about a mast axis, the gimbals providing for gimballing relative to the mast about gimbal axes generally perpendicular to the mast axis. The differential torque-combining mechanism is connected to the gimbal mechanism and configured to be driven in rotation about the mast axis by the gimbal mechanism. The differential mechanism is capable of gimballing relative to the mast about the gimbal axes, the differential torque-combining mechanism having an output component attached to a yoke of the rotor for driving the yoke in rotation with the differential torque- combining mechanism.
Abstract:
A bladed aircraft rotor (13) having blades (12) mounted by means of flexible devices (19) providing freedom for blade motions, at least in the flapping sense and in the pitch-change sense, without employment of flapping or pitch bearings or pivots, the rotor also being provided with a central bearingless joint (39) for transmitting thrust forces while providing freedom for angular movement of the rotor as a whole about a center point on the axis of rotation. A constant velocity torque-transmitting system (42-42) is also provided.
Abstract:
A helicopter with a rotor pivotally connected to a shaft by a universal joint or bail and socket joint. The helicopter Includes: a fuselage; a rotor mast that is fixed against relative rotation with respect to the fuselage; at least one blade; a motor for rotating the at least one blade; and a universal joint or ball and socket joint. The universal joint or bail and socket joint: (i) is disposed between the at least one blade and the rotor mast, with the at least one blade being rotatable relative to the universal joint or ball and socket joint; (ii) is disposed between the motor and the rotor mast; and (iii) is fixed against relative rotation with respect to the rotor mast, such that, pivoting of the universal joint or ball and socket joint causes the at least one blade and the motor to tilt.
Abstract:
A helicopter with a rotor pivotally connected to a shaft by a universal joint or bail and socket joint. The helicopter Includes: a fuselage; a rotor mast that is fixed against relative rotation with respect to the fuselage; at least one blade; a motor for rotating the at least one blade; and a universal joint or ball and socket joint. The universal joint or bail and socket joint: (i) is disposed between the at least one blade and the rotor mast, with the at least one blade being rotatable relative to the universal joint or ball and socket joint; (ii) is disposed between the motor and the rotor mast; and (iii) is fixed against relative rotation with respect to the rotor mast, such that, pivoting of the universal joint or ball and socket joint causes the at least one blade and the motor to tilt.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a constant velocity joint for gimballed helicopter rotors in which the rotor hub (2) is connected to a drive shaft (mast) (1) by means of two opposing elastomeric laminated spherical bearings (4), which allow the said rotor hub to tilt on two axes, and whose upper and lower supports are located at the opposite ends of a horizontal cavity of the hub, inside which a series of improved elastomeric dragging devices have been installed (5) that are identical to each other and which are composed of spherical bearings to which are secured - externally and internally - two elastomeric cylindrical radially laminated bearings which slide elastically on their axis, such bearings being of different sizes but, at the same time, being also characterized by the fact that they have the same longitudinal rigidity. The external bearings of these devices are lodged in appropriate annular apertures which are arranged on a flange (3) secured to the mast, whereas the bearings that are inside the couplings are secured, by means of feathering bolts (6), to the hollow rotor hub (2). The rotor hub tilts relative to the mast also on account of the spherical couplings of the aforementioned dragging devices, whose centers - thanks to the identical rigidity of both elastomeric cylindrical bearings connected thereto - are arranged on a plane which bisects the angle between the mast flange and the rotor hub, thus creating a constant- velocity joint. This type of constant-velocity joint is used in a two- blade helicopter rotor and is also used in three-blade and multi-blade helicopter rotors in general. It is, moreover, used - in the event that constant-velocity joints are required - in generic appliances for the transmission of motion between two masts tilting towards each other.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a constant velocity joint for gimballed helicopter rotors in which the rotor hub (2) is connected to a drive shaft (mast) (1) by means of two opposing elastomeric laminated spherical bearings (4), which allow the said rotor hub to tilt on two axes, and whose upper and lower supports are located at the opposite ends of a horizontal cavity of the hub, inside which a series of improved elastomeric dragging devices have been installed (5) that are identical to each other and which are composed of spherical bearings to which are secured - externally and internally - two elastomeric cylindrical radially laminated bearings which slide elastically on their axis, such bearings being of different sizes but, at the same time, being also characterized by the fact that they have the same longitudinal rigidity. The external bearings of these devices are lodged in appropriate annular apertures which are arranged on a flange (3) secured to the mast, whereas the bearings that are inside the couplings are secured, by means of feathering bolts (6), to the hollow rotor hub (2). The rotor hub tilts relative to the mast also on account of the spherical couplings of the aforementioned dragging devices, whose centers - thanks to the identical rigidity of both elastomeric cylindrical bearings connected thereto - are arranged on a plane which bisects the angle between the mast flange and the rotor hub, thus creating a constant- velocity joint. This type of constant-velocity joint is used in a two- blade helicopter rotor and is also used in three-blade and multi-blade helicopter rotors in general. It is, moreover, used - in the event that constant-velocity joints are required - in generic appliances for the transmission of motion between two masts tilting towards each other.