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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2024
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B64D 35/00 (2006.01); F16D 41/07 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); F16D 41/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 41/07 (2013.01); B64D 35/00 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); F16D 2041/0603 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotorcraft includes a drive shaft coupled to an engine; a sprag clutch coupled the drive shaft; and an output shaft coupled to the sprag clutch, wherein the sprag clutch physically contacts a first contact surface of the output shaft during operation, wherein a first cross-sectional thickness of the output shaft near the middle of the first contact surface is greater than a second cross-sectional thickness of the output shaft near a first edge of the first contact surface.