Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light-weight, elastic teeter bearing for a rotor and aircraft housing such bearing
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Application No.: US17526069Application Date: 2021-11-15
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Publication No.: US11673659B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Jonathan Sebastian Howes , Ulrich Schäferlein
- Applicant: Volocopter GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Bruchsal
- Assignee: Volocopter GmbH
- Current Assignee: Volocopter GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Bruchsal
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Priority: EP 207437 2020.11.13
- Main IPC: B64C27/35
- IPC: B64C27/35 ; B64C27/08 ; B64D27/24

Abstract:
A passive elastic teeter bearing for an aircraft rotor, including, rotatably arranged on an rotational axis of said rotor, a teeter beam, configured for attaching the rotor which has rotor blades, with the teeter beam being configured for performing a teetering motion, and having two pairs of first lugs arranged at opposite ends thereof at a distance with respect to the rotational axis; and a hub piece located below the teeter beam, the hub piece having two arms that extend outwardly in a radial direction, each having a second lug arranged at a distance with respect to said rotational axis. Each second lug is located between the two lugs of a respective pair of first lugs, and respective connecting pins pass through the first and second lugs on either side of the rotational axis. A pair of elastic bushings are arranged on each connecting pin between a first one of the first lugs and the second lug and between a second one of said first lugs and the second lug, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220153407A1 LIGHT-WEIGHT, ELASTIC TEETER BEARING FOR A ROTOR AND AIRCRAFT HOUSING SUCH BEARING Public/Granted day:2022-05-19
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