Patent ID: 7896747

Claim:
A tiltrotor aircraft drivelink, said tiltrotor aircraft drivelink comprised of a nonelastomeric outer drivelink member with a first linkend and a distal second linkend, said tiltrotor aircraft drivelink first linkend having a first linkend cavity with a first linkend cavity inner circumferential bonding surface, and a first linkend nonelastomeric inner member contained in said first linkend cavity, said first linkend nonelastomeric inner member having a first linkend outer circumferential bonding surface, and a first linkend elastomeric intermediate having an outer circumferential elastomeric bonding surface and an inner circumferential elastomeric bonding surface, said outer circumferential elastomeric bonding surface bonded to said first linkend cavity inner circumferential bonding surface and said inner circumferential elastomeric bonding surface bonded to said first linkend outer circumferential bonding surface, said elastomeric intermediate containing N nonelastomeric outboard bonded shims and no more than N−1 nonelastomeric inboard bonded shims, said tiltrotor aircraft drivelink second linkend having a second linkend cavity with a second linkend cavity inner circumferential bonding surface, and a second linkend nonelastomeric inner member contained in said second linkend cavity, said second linkend nonelastomeric inner member having a second linkend outer circumferential bonding surface, and a second linkend elastomeric intermediate having an outer circumferential elastomeric bonding surface and an inner circumferential elastomeric bonding surface, said outer circumferential elastomeric bonding surface bonded to said second linkend cavity inner circumferential bonding surface and said inner circumferential elastomeric bonding surface bonded to said second linkend outer circumferential bonding surface, said second elastomeric intermediate containing N nonelastomeric outboard bonded shims and no more than N−1 nonelastomeric inboard bonded shims.