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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2012
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Bryan Wade Marshall, Mansfield, TX (US);
Terry K. Thompson, Bedford, TX (US);
Orion Braziel, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David Popelka, Colleyville, TX (US);
Patrick Tisdale, Roanoke, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Bryan Wade Marshall, Mansfield, TX (US);
Terry K. Thompson, Bedford, TX (US);
Orion Braziel, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David Popelka, Colleyville, TX (US);
Patrick Tisdale, Roanoke, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A rotary system includes a retention member and a flexible yoke having an opening forming a bridge. The rotary system is further provided with two bearing assemblies, a first bearing assembly extending through the opening of the yoke and configured to secure a rotor blade to the retention member and a second bearing assembly extending through the opening of the flexible yoke and configured to secure the rotor blade to the bridge. The second bearing element includes a bearing element having a first surface forming a spherical contouring and an opposing integral second surface forming a conical contouring.