US 11,912,403 B2
Pitch link centering tool
Kevin Knott, Arlington, TX (US); and Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on May 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/306,610.
Claims priority of application No. 202121011946 (IN), filed on Mar. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297831 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 27/605 (2006.01); F01D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 27/605 (2013.01) [F01D 7/00 (2013.01); F05D 2220/90 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pitch link centering tool, the centering tool comprising:
a fixed-length rod having a longitudinal axis, a front face, a rear face, a first rod end and a second rod end;
the first rod end having a first aperture with a first rotational axis;
the second rod end having a second aperture with a second rotational axis;
a first connector coupled to the first rod end, the first connector having a first slot extending in a first radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis; and
a second connector coupled to the second rod end, the second connector having a second slot extending in a second radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis that is different from the first radial direction;
wherein the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are parallel.