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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hunter Davis, Arlington, 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 ...
B64C 27/35 (2006.01); F16C 11/08 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/35 (2013.01); F16C 11/0614 (2013.01); F16C 11/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a bearing is situated in a rotor system. The bearing features a housing having a first opening therethrough, a first member disposed within the first opening and having a second opening therethrough, and an elastomeric bearing disposed within the second opening and having a third opening therethrough configured to receive a shaft. The first member having at least one substantially curved surface. A sliding element bearing disposed between the housing and the first member.