Patents by Inventor David A. Binney

David A. Binney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Asymmetric gear teeth
    Patent number: 11156285
    Abstract: A gear train includes a first gear having teeth meshed with teeth of a second gear. Each tooth of the first gear includes a coast side and a drive side opposed to the coast side. The drive side has a pressure angle that is greater than that of the coast side. The gear train can be part of a powertrain system for a rotorcraft, and can replace a traditional gear train in a retrofit or new build. The first gear is a planet gear and the second gear is a ring gear wherein the planet gear and ring gear are in a planetary gear train configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Binney, Yuriy Gmirya, Joseph A. Mucci, Jonathan Frost, Adam Taylor
  • ASYMMETRIC GEAR TEETH
    Publication number: 20190195329
    Abstract: A gear train includes a first gear having teeth meshed with teeth of a second gear. Each tooth of the first gear includes a coast side and a drive side opposed to the coast side. The drive side has a pressure angle that is greater than that of the coast side. The gear train can be part of a powertrain system for a rotorcraft, and can replace a traditional gear train in a retrofit or new build. The first gear is a planet gear and the second gear is a ring gear wherein the planet gear and ring gear are in a planetary gear train configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: David A. Binney, Yuriy Gmirya, Joseph A. Mucci, Jonathan Frost, Adam Taylor
  • Planetary gear sets for power transmissions
    Patent number: 10233997
    Abstract: A planetary gear arrangement includes a planet carrier assembly defining a sun gear rotation axis for rotatably supporting a plurality of planetary gears about the sun gear rotation axis and a positioning element coupling a first of the planetary gears to the planet carrier. The planetary gear is movable between first and second positions for displacing a rotation axis of the first of the planetary gears relative to the sun gear rotation axis to change load share among the plurality of planetary gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bertrand J. Howard, David A. Binney, Vinicius Silva
  • PLANETARY GEAR SETS FOR POWER TRANSMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20170030432
    Abstract: A planetary gear arrangement includes a planet carrier assembly defining a sun gear rotation axis for rotatably supporting a plurality of planetary gears about the sun gear rotation axis and a positioning element coupling a first of the planetary gears to the planet carrier. The planetary gear is movable between first and second positions for displacing a rotation axis of the first of the planetary gears relative to the sun gear rotation axis to change load share among the plurality of planetary gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bertrand J. Howard, David A. Binney, Vinicius Silva