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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Lancer Drake Halcom, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/04 (2006.01); B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/045 (2013.01); B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32852 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32926 (2015.01);
Abstract
A self-retaining wear-pad leveler has a first plate having arms on opposing sides and forming an aperture through the first plate. A rear section is coupled to a rear portion of the first plate and has tabs extending from opposing sides of the rear section. The arms are configured for being retained about a ball of a spherical bearing assembly, and the tabs are configured to cause rotation of the leveler about the bearing when engaged by a component coupled to and rotating about the bearing.