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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nathaniel Ross Bernklau, Keller, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/14 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); F16D 3/06 (2006.01); F16D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/14 (2013.01); B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01); F16C 3/023 (2013.01); F16D 3/06 (2013.01); F16C 2223/30 (2013.01); F16C 2326/43 (2013.01); F16D 2001/103 (2013.01); F16D 2200/0052 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0046 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7032 (2015.01);
Abstract
A spline assembly, including a spline shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is splined to engage a spline receiver of a primary drive system and includes a substantially spherical alignment head, wherein the spherical alignment head comprises an expendable hydrocarbon material that is caused to melt by operation of the primary drive system over time.