Agusta S.p.a.

Leonardo S.p.a.

Massimo Forni

Giuseppe Gasparini

Paolo Pisani

Sergio Sartori

Roberto Regonini

Francesco Ferretti

Silvano Carnelli

Luca Pavarin

Nicola Borlin

Stella Serafini

A non-rotating universal joint for a helicopter drive unit has a spider defined by a ring, which has four connecting portions spaced 90&#xb0; apart and engaging respective forks defining the ends of respective arms of two connecting members which, in use, are fixed with respect to a casing of an engine and a casing of a reduction gear; each fork and the corresponding connecting portion have respective through holes coaxial with one another and engaged by a screw; and dampers are interposed between the connecting portions of the ring and the shanks of the screws, and between the connecting portions of the ring and the forks.

Non-rotating universal joint for a helicopter drive unit

There is described a helicopter having a first member movable with respect to a second member; lubricated supporting means for supporting the first member with respect to the second member; and a primary lubricating circuit for lubricating the supporting means and in turn having primary storage means for accumulating a lubricating fluid, and primary fluid feed means for feeding the lubricating fluid to the supporting means; the helicopter also has an auxiliary lubricating circuit supplied continually by the primary storage means with a first lubricating fluid flow value, and itself continually supplying the supporting means with a second lubricating fluid flow value lower than the first value, so as to produce an auxiliary storage volume of lubricating fluid for use in the event of breakdown of the primary lubricating circuit.

Helicopter with an auxiliary lubricating circuit

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Ranco, Italy

Massimo Forni