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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2025
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Michael Wilcox, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Eric S. Olson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Trenton Allen Hamm, Cleburne, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/00 (2012.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/32 (2013.01); F16H 57/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/006 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment is a rotorcraft including a rotor system and a transmission system for providing rotational power to the rotor system, the transmission system comprising a housing and a planetary pinion gear disposed in the housing. The rotorcraft further includes a restraint assembly associated with the planetary pinion gear, the restraint assembly configured to restrict radial deflection of the planetary pinion gear during operation thereof subsequent to a crack-through failure of the planetary pinion gear.