US Patent Issued to Textron Innovations on June 3 for "Vibration isolation systems for compound helicopters" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,406, issued on June 3, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Vibration isolation systems for compound helicopters" was invented by Frank Bradley Stamps (Colleyville, Texas), Michael Reaugh Smith (Colleyville, Texas) and Bradley Joseph Passe (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compound helicopter includes a fuselage including a fuselage airframe, a translational thrust system coupled to the fuselage airframe and a pylon assembly subject to vibration. The pylon assembly includes a transmission and a rotor system having a main rotor assembly. The compound helicopter also includes a main rotor vibration...