Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flex beam clamp for rotor assembly
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Application No.: US15322203Application Date: 2015-06-26
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Publication No.: US10793264B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Eric Lucien Nussenblatt , David H. Hunter , Justin Thomas
- 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: Foley & Lardner LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/037895 WO 20150626
- International Announcement: WO2015/200757 WO 20151230
- Main IPC: B64C27/33
- IPC: B64C27/33 ; B64C27/48 ; B64C27/10 ; B64C27/14

Abstract:
A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub having a central axis, the rotor hub rotatable about the central axis. A plurality of flexible structural members extend radially outwardly from the rotor hub, each flexible structural member substantially U-shaped and having a first arm extending from the hub, a second arm extending from the hub, and an end portion connecting the first arm to the second arm at a radially outboard end of the flexible structural member. A clamp member is positioned between the first arm and the second arm of each structural member and secured thereto to tie deflection of the first arm to deflection of the second arm. A rotor blade is secured to each flexible structural member of the plurality of flexible structural members via the clamp member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170137121A1 FLEX BEAM CLAMP FOR ROTOR ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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