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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bruce Bennett Bacon, Fort Worth, TX (US);
John Elton Brunken, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael Edwin Rinehart, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Nick Pravanh, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
An engine mount assembly for coupling an engine to an airframe. The engine mount assembly includes a torsion bar coupled to the engine and a lateral movement control assembly coupled between the torsion bar and the airframe. The lateral movement control assembly includes a spring having a lateral stiffness. The torsion bar rotates in response to lateral movement of the engine such that the lateral movement of the engine is controllable based on the lateral stiffness of the spring.