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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Daniel P. Sottiaux, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Inventors:
Daniel P. Sottiaux, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/41 (2006.01); F16C 17/22 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); F16F 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/22 (2013.01); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); F16C 27/06 (2013.01); F16C 2202/28 (2013.01); F16F 1/3842 (2013.01);
Abstract
The bearing assembly includes one or more elastomeric members loaded in a precompression by a shim that includes a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy is configured to generate the precompression in the elastomeric members upon a temperature change.