Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fitting providing motor structure and stator support
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Application No.: US16679117Application Date: 2019-11-08
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Publication No.: US11305867B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Karl Schroeder , Christopher Marion Johnson , Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. , David G. Carlson
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C11/02
- IPC: B64C11/02 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C7/00

Abstract:
A hub assembly for a ducted-rotor aircraft includes a plurality of stator supports, a first integral fitting that attaches to first ends of the stator supports, and a second integral fitting that attaches to second ends of the stator supports. The first fitting includes a plurality of motor attachment portions configured to locate and support a motor of the ducted-rotor aircraft, a plurality of fairing mounts configured to support attachment of an aerodynamic fairing to the hub assembly, and a plurality of stator locators configured to locate respective ones of the plurality of stator supports for attachment to the hub assembly. The first fitting has a body portion with an annular wall that supports the motor attachment portions, the fairing mounts, and the stator locators. The first fitting may be fabricated as a monolith that includes the body portion, motor attachment portions, fairing mounts, and stator locators.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210139131A1 FITTING PROVIDING MOTOR STRUCTURE AND STATOR SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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