Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e. – impellers) – Articulated – resiliently mounted or self-shifting impeller... – Nonmetallic resilient mounting
Patent
1985-02-27
1987-09-22
Powell, Jr., Everette A.
Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
Articulated, resiliently mounted or self-shifting impeller...
Nonmetallic resilient mounting
416102, 416138, 416148, B64C 2735, B64C 2752
Patent
active
046952276
ABSTRACT:
A universal joint for use in a pitch cone rotor system in a helicopter is comprised of crossed lift beams, one beam of which is coupled to the rotor hub and the other beam of which is coupled to the driven rotor shaft. The two crossed lift beams are coupled to each other through a cruciform case. The cruciform case in turn is coupled to each of the crossed lift beams by means of a plurality of flexures. The flexures and cruciform case are made of composite fiber materials and the flexures are soft enough to permit angular and translational deflections of the crossbeams with respect to each other thereby tending to smooth out and reduce sudden changes in rotor speed between the shaft and rotor system and thereby tending to make rotor speeds more uniform. The crossed lift beams are further coupled together at the center of their crossing by a flexible elastomeric tension link which conducts rotor loads between the two beams when the rotor develops negative lift loads on the ground and in flight. A hollow laminated elastomeric compression fitting is placed between the beams at their center to transmit the rotor lift force between them.
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Head Robert E.
Yao Samuel S.
Hughes Helicopters Inc.
Powell Jr. Everette A.
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