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Patent No.:

US 11255373 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2017

Active thermal management for fire-tolerant drive systems

Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Jordan Birkenheuer, Arlington, TX (US);

Keith David Weaver, North Richland Hills, TX (US);

Jon Damon Bennett, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);

Attorneys:

Daniel J. Chalker

Edwin S. Flores

Chalker Flores, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Greg Binda

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/14 (2006.01); F16C 3/16 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/12 (2006.01); B64D 35/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/16 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 27/14 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64D 35/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01); F16C 3/026 (2013.01); B64D 2045/009 (2013.01); F16C 2326/06 (2013.01); F16C 2326/43 (2013.01); F16H 57/0416 (2013.01); Y10T 464/10 (2015.01);
Abstract

A thermal management system and method includes: a drive shaft; one or more fans or impellers in fluid communication with at least a portion of the drive shaft; and one or more air management baffles configured to direct air flow between the impeller and the portion of the drive shaft. In one embodiment, the system and method further includes insulation positioned about the at least a portion of the drive shaft.

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