Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-speed gearbox for tail rotor of a compound helicopter
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Application No.: US15327573Application Date: 2015-07-15
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Publication No.: US10370094B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Todd A. Garcia
- Applicant: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Stratford
- Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stratford
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/040479 WO 20150715
- International Announcement: WO2016/014301 WO 20160128
- Main IPC: B64C27/12
- IPC: B64C27/12 ; B64C27/10 ; B64C27/82
Abstract:
A rotary wing aircraft and method of operating a tail drive system thereof, wherein the tail drive system includes a gearbox that contains a first transmissive device and a second transmissive device in parallel, each transmissive device having an input operatively connected to a first shaft that is powered by the main rotor drive system. The first and second transmissive devices each have an output operatively connected to a second shaft that drives the secondary rotary device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180215463A1 MULTI-SPEED GEARBOX FOR TAIL ROTOR OF A COMPOUND HELICOPTER Public/Granted day:2018-08-02
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