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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2018
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Tyler Wayne Baldwin, Keller, TX (US);
Kyle Thomas Cravener, Watauga, TX (US);
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a torsion spring including a middle plate having a first attachment point displaced from the geometric center of the middle plate; a first elastomeric element secured to a first side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a second elastomeric element secured to a second side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a first outer plate secured to the first elastomeric element and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; and a second outer plate secured to the second elastomeric element, having an opening coincident with the attachment point of the middle plate.