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Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2024
Applicant:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Inventors:

Frank Bradley Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);

Michael Reaugh Smith, Colleyville, TX (US);

Bradley Joseph Passe, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/10 (2023.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64C 27/26 (2006.01); F16F 15/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/001 (2013.01); B64C 1/065 (2013.01); B64C 27/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/22 (2013.01); B64C 27/26 (2013.01); F16F 15/167 (2013.01); B64C 2027/002 (2013.01); F16F 2222/08 (2013.01); F16F 2228/066 (2013.01); F16F 2230/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A compound helicopter includes a fuselage including a fuselage airframe, a translational thrust system coupled to the fuselage airframe and a pylon assembly subject to vibration. The pylon assembly includes a transmission and a rotor system having a main rotor assembly. The compound helicopter also includes a main rotor vibration isolation system including a plurality of augmented liquid inertia vibration eliminator units each having an isolation frequency and each coupled between the fuselage airframe and the pylon assembly to reduce transmission of the pylon assembly vibration to the fuselage airframe at the isolation frequency. Each augmented liquid inertia vibration eliminator unit includes at least one active tuning element movable to tune the isolation frequency thereof.


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