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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
George Matthew Thompson, Lewisville, TX (US);
Charles Hubert Speller, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Jonathan Knoll, Burleson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64C 11/10 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/10 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); F16C 2326/43 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotor assembly configured to increase the stiffness of a rotor mast. The rotor assembly includes the rotor mast, a rotor hub, a mast nut, a mast bearing, and a cuff disposed between the mast nut and the mast bearing. The cuff is captured and compressed between the mast nut and the inner race of the mast bearing along an uninterrupted load path that extends between the mast nut and the mast bearing.