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Patent No.:

US 11655020 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2019

Non rotationally constrained friction damper for drive shaft

Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventor:

Emmett Emile Menair, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Melanie Torres Williams

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); F16F 15/12 (2006.01); B64C 27/10 (2023.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); F16F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/001 (2013.01); F16F 15/1201 (2013.01); B64C 27/10 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); F16F 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft, damper assembly for an aircraft and method for reducing a vibration in a rotating shaft. The damper assembly includes a damper element, a first plate and a second plate. The damper element has a damper opening shaped to surround the shaft. The first plate has a first opening shaped to surround the shaft and a recess receptive to the damper element, the damper element being rotatable within the recess. The second plate has a second opening shaped to surround the shaft and secured to the first plate to close the recess and secure the damper element between the first plate and second plate. The damper element rotates within the closed recess.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Menair, Emmett. (2023). Non rotationally constrained friction damper for drive shaft (U.S. Patent No. 11655020). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11655020

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