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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis E Byrnes, White Plains, NY (US);
Edward S Hibyan, Trumbull, CT (US);
Albert T Krauss, Harwinton, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 1725 ; 4161 / ; 416114 ;
Abstract
A swashplate configuration for helicopter which eliminates the need for scissors linkages through the use of a centering member capable of tilt and axial translation while driving torque to the rotating swashplate member through the use of elastomeric bearing assemblies each consisting of a first stack of flat laminates and a second stack of spherical laminates.