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US 12,516,759 B2Granted
Scotch yoke gimbal joint
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorAlin Ifrim
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Abstract
A gimbal joint includes a first clevis having a first arm defining a slot. The gimbal joint also includes a second clevis having a second arm. The second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm and allows for relative rotational motion between the first and second clevises. The gimbal joint also includes a pin coupled with the second arm. The pin is slidably received within the slot of the first arm to allow for relative translational motion between the first and second clevises.
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A gimbal joint, comprising:
- a first clevis having a first arm defining a slot, wherein the first arm has a first extender and a first flange connected to the first extender;
- a second clevis having a second arm, the second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm and allows for relative rotational motion between the first and second clevises, wherein the first extender angles the first arm radially outward with respect to a central axis of the gimbal joint as well as axially toward the second clevis;
- a first pin coupled or integrally formed with the second arm and slidably received within the slot of the first arm,
- wherein the first clevis has a third arm defining a slot and the second clevis has a fourth arm that has a curved surface that engages the third arm;
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- a second pin coupled or integrally formed with the fourth arm and slidably received within the slot of the third arm.
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A gimbal joint, comprising:
- a first clevis having a first rim, a first arm, and a third arm, the first and third arms each extend from the first rim and each define slots;
- a second clevis having a second rim, a second arm, and a fourth arm, the second and fourth arms each extend from the second rim, the second arm and the fourth arm each have curved surfaces that respectively engage the first arm and the third arm of the first clevis so as to allow for relative rotational motion between the first and second clevises;
- a bellows coupling the first rim and the second rim;
- a first pin coupled or integrally formed with the second arm and received within the slot of the first arm;
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- a second pin coupled or integrally formed with the fourth arm and received within the slot of the third arm, and
- wherein the first pin and the second pin are slidably received within their respective slots so as to allow for translational motion between the first and second clevises.
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A feedline, comprising:
- a conduit for carrying a fluid;
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- a gimbal joint positioned along the conduit, the gimbal joint comprising:
- a first clevis having a first rim and a first arm extending from the first rim, wherein the first rim is coupled with a first segment of the conduit and the first arm defines a slot;
- a second clevis having a second rim and a second arm extending from the second rim, wherein the second rim is coupled with a second segment of the conduit and the second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm and allows for relative rotational motion between the first and second clevises;
- a bellows coupling the first rim and the second rim;
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- a pin coupled or integrally formed with the second arm, wherein the pin is slidably received within the slot of the first arm to allow for relative translational motion between the first and second clevises.
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A gimbal joint, comprising:
- a first clevis having a first arm defining a slot, wherein the first clevis has a first rim from which the first arm extends;
- a second clevis having a second arm, wherein the second clevis has a second rim from which the second arm extends, the second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm, wherein the curved surface of the second arm is a radially outer surface of the second arm that engages a radially inner planar surface of the first arm;
- a bellows that is flexibly coupled with the first rim and the second rim;
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- a pin slidably received within the slot of the first arm.
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A gimbal joint, comprising:
- a first clevis having a first arm defining a slot, wherein the first arm has a first extender and a first flange connected to the first extender;
- a second clevis having a second arm, the second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm, wherein the first extender angles the first arm radially outward with respect to a central axis of the gimbal joint as well as axially toward the second clevis;
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- a pin slidably received within the slot of the first arm,
- wherein the first arm includes opposing tabs that define a recess in which the second arm is positioned.
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A gimbal joint, comprising:
- a first clevis having a first arm extending from a first rim, wherein the first arm defines a slot;
- a second clevis having a second arm extending from a second rim, the second arm has a curved surface that engages the first arm and allows for relative rotational motion between the first and second clevises;
- a pin coupled or integrally formed with the second arm and slidably received within the slot of the first arm to allow for relative translational motion between the first and second clevises;
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- a bellows flexibly coupled with the first rim and the second rim.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.