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.
COMPACT ROTORCRAFT DUAL-ELEMENT SPHERICAL ELASTOMERIC CENTRIFUGAL-FORCE BEARING ASSEMBLY
ENSEMBLE DE PALIERS A FORCE CENTRIFUGE, ELASTOMERES, SPHERIQUES, A DOUBLE ELEMENT POUR GIRAVION A FAIBLE ENCOMBREMENT
2015-09-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |