Patents Represented by Law Firm Leyding, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
  • Pitch link for rotary wing aircraft and automatic adjuster thereof
    Patent number: 5946981
    Abstract: A pitch link for a rotary wing aircraft includes first and second shaft members threadingly engaged with each other. A first rod end is fixedly secured to the first shaft member and a second rod end is rotatably coupled to the second shaft member. First and second spherical bearings are mounted on the first and second rod ends, respectively. A guide member guides the first shaft member for movement in an axial direction of the first shaft with respect to the second shaft while preventing rotation of the first shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Ide, Shunichi Bandoh, Hiroshi Yasuhara