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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2024
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kevin A. Laitenberger, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Claude George Matalanis, Monroe, CT (US);
Yair Preiss, Norwalk, CT (US);
Joseph Thomas Palombo, Richmondville, NY (US);
Andrew Hunt, League City, TX (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub, a rotor blade coupling coupled to the rotor hub, a hub extender coupled to the rotor hub, and a first bearing assembly. The first bearing assembly includes a clevis coupled to the hub extender and including two arms, each arm including a clevis opening, two cylindrical bearings, each cylindrical bearing extending through one of the clevis openings, a spherical bearing positioned between the two arms and coupled to the rotor blade coupling, and a first pin extending through the two cylindrical bearings and the spherical bearing.