WILLIAM MERLE CLAPP
Pilots at Rowell Rd, Valdosta, GA
License number
Georgia A2551332
Issued Date
Sep 2016
Expiration Date
Sep 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
3913 Rowell Rd, Valdosta, GA 31606
Professional information
Aircraft Thrust Bearing Assembly, Method Of Manufacture And Method Of Use
US Patent:
2010026, Oct 21, 2010
Filed:
Apr 20, 2009
Appl. No.:
12/426426
Inventors:
Solly Melyon - Valdosta GA, US
William M. Clapp - Valdosta GA, US
William M. Clapp - Valdosta GA, US
International Classification:
F16C 9/02, B21D 53/10
US Classification:
384294, 29898041
Abstract:
An aircraft thrust bearing assembly utilizing a U-shaped bearing disposed over a portion of a thrust bearing shaft, both within a housing that is mounted to the front of an engine utilized for driving an aircraft propeller. The thrust bearing shaft rides in the U-shaped bearing, wherein the U-shaped bearing separates the thrust bearing shaft from the housing. The front of the thrust bearing shaft has a mounting plate for attachment of a propeller, the mounting plate being machined to be perpendicular to the rotational axis of the thrust bearing shaft. The rear of the thrust bearing shaft comprises an outer surface adapted to receive a gear press-fitted thereon and an aperture within the shaft that is dimensioned to fixedly receive therewithin an end portion of the crankshaft of the engine being selected for propulsion of the aircraft.