Patent ID: 11891168
Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 12:
13. A proprotor gimbal, comprising:
a yoke configured for mounting a plurality of proprotors thereto;
a pair of blocks attached to the yoke;
an integral coupling having a pair of opposed bores, each with a flanged wear sleeve, the integral coupling rotatably pinned to the pair of blocks; and,
an integral trunnion comprising an annular body defining an integral internally splined mast bore configured to mate with a rotor mast end and spline the integral trunnion to the mast or driveshaft for movement along the mast or driveshaft, perpendicular to a single plane, and defining a pair of opposed trunnion pin portions extending outwardly from the annular body, each trunnion pin extending into one of the flanged wear sleeves in the integral coupling opposed bores; and,
each flanged wear sleeve comprising a right circular hollow cylindrical body portion interiorly sized to be retained on one of the trunnion pins and externally sized to be rotatably retained in one of the integral coupling opposed bores.