Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Machine holding fixture for machining composite laminates on a rotor blade
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Application No.: US15282239Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10435178B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Sven Roy Lofstrom , David Littlejohn
- Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Stratford
- Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stratford
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B64F5/10
- IPC: B64F5/10 ; B23Q3/06 ; B32B43/00

Abstract:
A holding fixture includes a first blade support assembly and a second blade support assembly. The second blade support assembly is spaced at a distance from the first blade support assembly and includes a base plate removably mounted to a milling machine, an adjustable conic support connectable to the base plate via a spacer block, and a blade adjustment assembly movable to control a pressure applied by the blade adjustment assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180093782A1 MACHINE HOLDING FIXTURE FOR MACHINING COMPOSITE LAMINATES ON A ROTOR BLADE Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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