Patents by Inventor Robert J. Trembicki

Robert J. Trembicki 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).

  • Control rod mounting arrangement for helicopter swashplates
    Patent number: 5785497
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement (60) for coupling a control rod (38) to a stationary swashplate member (32) of a helicopter swashplate assembly (30) wherein the mounting arrangement (60) is characterized by a specially configured stationary swashplate member (32) and a trunnion fitting (62) for mounting in combination therewith. More specifically, the stationary swashplate member (32) includes a horizontal web (74) disposed between an inner ring segment (72.sub.IR) and an outer ring segment (72.sub.OR), wherein the horizontal web (74) includes an aperture (78) and defines a mounting surface (74.sub.S). The trunnion fitting (62) includes a base (64) defining a mounting surface (64.sub.S) and a pair of mounting ears (66) having aligned apertures (66.sub.O). The mounting surface (64.sub.S) of the trunnion fitting (62) engages the mounting surface (74.sub.S) of the horizontal web (74) such that the mounting ears (66) are disposed through the aperture (78) of the horizontal web (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin A. White, David H. Hunter, Robert J. Milne, Stephen V. Poulin, Robert J. Trembicki