Specification
A ROTARY W4NG -AIRCRAFTBEARING FOR-ROTARY WING AIRGRAFT-MOTIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 611263,799 filed on
11/23/2009 (A ROTARY WlNG AIRCRAFT BEARING FOR ROTARY WlNG AIRCRAFT
MOTIONS) which is herein incorporated by reference.
Field of the lnvention
The invention relates to the field of rotary wing aircraft such as helicopters. The
invention relates to the field of rotary wing aircraft bearings for connecting rotary wing
vehicle members and providing relative motion between the connecting rotary wing
vehicle members. More palticularly the invention relates to the field' of elastomeric high
capacity laminated bearings for rotary wing aircraft.
Summary of the Invention
In an embodiment the invention includes a rotary wing aircraft bearing to provide
a constrained relative motion between a first rotary wing aircraft member and a second
rotary wing aircraft member. The bearing includes an elastomeric mold bonded
laminated bearing stack, the elastomeric mold bonded laminated bearing stack
including a plurality of mold bonded alternating layers of nonelastomeric shim member
layers and elastomeric shim members layers, the alternating layers having an exterior
surface and an interior center distal from the exterior surface. At least one of the
elastomeric shim members layers comprised of an interior elastomer region distal from
the exterior surface, the interior elastomer region comprised of an interior cured
elastomer composition having at least a first interior optical characteristic ingredient,
and an exterior elastomer region encompassing the interior elastomer region, the
exterior elastomer region proximate the exterior surface, the exterior elastomer region
comprised of an exterior cured elastomer composition having at least a second exterior
optical characteristic ingredient, the at least a second exterior optical characteristic
ingredient different than the interior cured elastomer composition first interior optical
characteristic ingredient, wherein with an elastomer void crack propagating from the
exterior surface inward towards the interior elastomer region and a repeated rotary wing
airciaft' I-eldlive Imotion-- between--the first rotary -wing--aircraft -member -and theseG6nd
rotary wing aircraft member generates a plurality of interior cured elastomer composition
crumbs to be expelled from the elastomer void, the interior cured elastomer composition
crumbs optically distinguishable from the exterior cured elastomer composition.
In an embodiment the invention includes a method of making a rotary wing aircraft
bearing to provide a constrained relative motion between a first rotary wing aircraft
member and a second rotary wing aircraft member. The method includes providing a
plurality of nonelastomeric shim members. The method includes providing a plurality of
elastomeric shim member layers. The method includes providing at least one of the
elastomeric shim member layers with an interior elastomer region, the interior elastomer
region comprised of an interior elastomer composition having at least a first interior
optical characteristic, and an exterior elastomer region, the exterior elastomer region
comprised of an exterior elastomer composition having at least a second exterior optical
characteristic, the at least a second exterior optical characteristic different than the
interior elastomer composition first interior optical characteristic, with the exterior
elastomer region disposed out from the interior elastomer region. The method including
bonding the nonelastomeric shim members and the elastomeric shim member layers
together to provide an alternating laminated bearing stack with the exterior elastomer
region exterior of the interior elastomer region, the exterior elastomer region proximate
an exterior surface of the alternating laminated bearing stack, the exterior elastomer
region comprised of an exterior cured elastomer composition, the at least second
exterior optical characteristic different than the interior cured elastomer composition first
interior optical characteristic, wherein with an elastomer void crack propagating from the
exterior surface inward towards the interior elastomer region and a repeated rotary wing
aircraft relative motion between the first rotary wing aircraft member and the second
rotary wing aircraft member generates a plurality of interior cured elastomer composition
crumbs to be expelled from the elastomer void, the interior cured elastomer composition
crumbs optically distinguishable from the exterior cured elastomer composition.
+n.-an-embudiment the invention includes a -rotary wing -aircraft beafirig to provide,
a rotary wing motion between a first rotary wing aircraft member and a second rotary
wing aircraft member. The bearing including an elastomeric bonded laminated bearing
stack, the elastomeric bonded laminated bearing stack including a plurality of bonded
alternating layers of nonelastomeric shim member layers and elastomeric shim
members layers. The bearing including a predetermined first elastomeric shim member
layer comprised of a first elastomer region, the first elastomer region comprised of a first
cured elastomer composition having at least a first optical characteristic. The
predetermined first elastomeric shim member layer comprised of a second elastomer
region, the second elastomer region proximate an exterior surface, the second
elastomer region comprised of a second cured elastomer composition having at least a
second optical characteristic, the at least second optical characteristic different than the
first cured elastomer composition first optical characteristic, wherein a rotary wing
motion elastomer void crack propogating from the exterior surface inward towards an
interior of the bearing interior elastomer region with the rotary wing motion generates a
plurality of first cured elastomer composition crumbs expelled from the elastomer void,
the first cured elastomer composition crumbs optically distinguishable from the second
cured elastomer composition.
In an embodiment the invention includes a bearing to provide a constrained
relative motion between a first member and a second member. The bearing includes an
elastomeric mold bonded bearing stack, the elastomeric mold bonded bearing stack
including at least, a first mold bonded elastomeric shim layer, the at least first mold
bonded elastomeric shim layer having an exterior surface and an interior center distal
from the exterior surface. The elastomeric shim layer is comprised of an enclosed
interior elastomer region distal from the exterior surface, the interior elastomer region
comprised of an interior cured elastomer composition having at least a first interior
optical characteristic ingredient. The elastomeric shim layer is comprised of an exterior
elastomer region encompassing the interior elastomer region, the exterior elastomer
region proximate the exterior surface, the exterior elastomer region comprised of an
exterior cured elastomer composition having at least a second exterior optical
dkafaeteristic-ingredient; theL-a-tl east --seconde--x terior. optical charade~isficin- gredient
different than the interior cured elastomer composition first interior optical characteristic
ingredient, wherein an elastomer void crack propogating from the exterior surface
inward towards the interior elastomer region and a repeated relative motion between the
first member and the second member generates a plurality of interior cured elastomer
composition crumbs to be expelled from the elastomer void, the interior cured elastomer
composition crumbs optically distinguishable from the exterior cured elastomer
composition. Preferably the interior cured elastomer composition crumbs come from the
interior cured elastomer composition, preferably the solid interior cured elastomer is
broken up into crumbs with the repeated relative motion proximate an interior portion of
the propogating crack and expelled outward towards the exterior, with the interior cured
elastomer composition crumbs optically distinguishable from exterior cured elastomer
composition crumbs and the exterior cured elastomer surface. Preferably the bearing is
installed in a bearing location for bearing a compressive load between the first member
and the second member in a first direction and the repeated relative motion comprises
an alternating shear load in a first and second shearing direction with the compressive
load first direction nonparallel to the first and second shearing direction. Preferably
when installed the interior elastomer crumbs are visible by an observing inspector.
Preferably the expelled interior cured elastomer composition crumbs are persistent with
the crumbs preferably collecting and sticking to the exterior surface, and preferably
persistent to an exposed fluid stream, preferably with the expelled interior cured
elastomer composition crumbs sticking the exterior surface when the bearing is moving
through air or exposed to a water streamlcurrent. Preferably the at least one
elastomeric shim layer is visible by an observing inspector when installed in a bearing
location for bearing a compressive load between the first member and the second
member in a first direction and the repeated relative motion comprises an alternating
shear load in a first and second shearing direction with the compressive load first
direction nonparallel to the first and second shearing direction. Preferably the at least
one elastomeric shim layer has an elastomer layer thickness t and an exterior surface
bulge area BA, with the elastomeric shim layer having a bonded elastomer interface
load area LA , with the elastomeric shim layer having a shape factor SF with .1
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Application Documents
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Translation-Search Report.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 2 |
Priority Document.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 3 |
Power of Authority.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 4 |
Form-5.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 5 |
Form-3.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 6 |
Form-1.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 7 |
Drawings.pdf |
2012-07-24 |
| 8 |
5665-DELNP-2012-Form-13-(07-08-2012).pdf |
2012-08-07 |
| 9 |
5665-DELNP-2012-Correspondence Others-(07-08-2012).pdf |
2012-08-07 |
| 10 |
5665-DELNP-2012-Claims-(07-08-2012).pdf |
2012-08-07 |
| 11 |
5665-delnp-2012-Correspondence others-(03-09-2012).pdf |
2012-09-03 |
| 12 |
5665-delnp-2012-Form-3-(30-11-2012).pdf |
2012-11-30 |
| 13 |
5665-delnp-2012-Correspondence Others-(30-11-2012).pdf |
2012-11-30 |
| 14 |
5665-delnp-2012-Form-3-(30-09-2013).pdf |
2013-09-30 |
| 15 |
5665-delnp-2012-Correspondence Others-(30-09-2013).pdf |
2013-09-30 |
| 16 |
5665-delnp-2012-GPA-(07-01-2014).pdf |
2014-01-07 |
| 17 |
5665-delnp-2012-Correspondence-Others-(07-01-2014).pdf |
2014-01-07 |
| 18 |
5665-DELNP-2012-Form 3-121114.pdf |
2014-12-03 |
| 19 |
5665-DELNP-2012-Correspondence-121114.pdf |
2014-12-03 |
| 20 |
Form 3 [03-11-2016(online)].pdf |
2016-11-03 |
| 21 |
Form 3 [02-05-2017(online)].pdf |
2017-05-02 |
| 22 |
5665-DELNP-2012-FORM 3 [16-11-2017(online)].pdf |
2017-11-16 |
| 23 |
5665-DELNP-2012-FORM 3 [15-05-2018(online)].pdf |
2018-05-15 |
| 24 |
5665-DELNP-2012-FER.pdf |
2018-09-05 |
| 25 |
5665-DELNP-2012-FORM 3 [20-11-2018(online)].pdf |
2018-11-20 |
| 26 |
5665-DELNP-2012-AbandonedLetter.pdf |
2019-09-26 |
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5665_DELNP_2012_30-01-2018.pdf |