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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Emily Schofield, Colleyville, TX (US);
Dan Sottiaux, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/32 (2006.01); F16F 9/19 (2006.01); B64C 27/51 (2006.01); F16F 15/124 (2006.01); B64C 27/635 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/32 (2013.01); B64C 27/51 (2013.01); B64C 27/635 (2013.01); F16F 9/19 (2013.01); F16F 15/124 (2013.01); F16F 2230/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A damper system includes a damper and a heater operably associated with the damper. The method includes heating the damper with heat energy from the heater and then monitoring and regulating the heat energy to the damper with a sensor and control subsystem.