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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Glenn Alan Shimek, Kennedale, TX (US);
Mark Adam Wiinikka, Hurst, TX (US);
Michael Dean Dearman, Weatherford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/605 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/605 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01);
Abstract
An example rotating swashplate ring to rotor mast connection includes a polygon-shaped drive tube secured to the rotor mast and a gimbal joint connected between the rotating swashplate ring and the polygon-shaped drive tube, wherein the gimbal joint rotates with the rotor mast and can translate axially along the polygon-shaped drive tube.