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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Austin Thomas Mcintire, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Brian Joseph Roppolo, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Eric Stephen Olson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/12 (2006.01); B64D 35/00 (2006.01); G01L 3/10 (2006.01); G01M 13/022 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/00 (2013.01); G01L 3/10 (2013.01); G01L 5/12 (2013.01); G01M 13/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotorcraft propulsion system includes a mast coupled to a rotor assembly, a gear coupled to the mast, the gear during use producing an axial reaction force, a flexure shaft extending from the gear, where the flexure shaft does not rotate with the gear and the flexure shaft flexes in response to radial loads from the gear, and a load cell on the flexure shaft to measure the axial reaction force.