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

Claim 15:
16. The proprotor gimbal of claim 13, wherein:
the blocks are mounting blocks, each mounting block defining a mounting pin;
the integral coupling is a ring-shaped integral ring coupling and defines a plurality of integral pin receptive bore portions configured for rotatably pinning to the integral trunnion via the trunnion pins and rotatably pinning to the mounting blocks via respective mounting pins; and
one of the flanged wear sleeves is disposed in each integral ring coupling pin receptive bore over a respective trunnion drive pin or mounting block pin, rotatably retaining the respective trunnion drive pin or mounting block pin with respect to the respective integral ring coupling pin receptive bore, coupling the integral trunnion to the mounting blocks and thereby to the yoke.