Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Propeller blade for an aircraft engine
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Application No.: US14757591Application Date: 2015-12-23
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Publication No.: US10023299B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Javier Toral Vazquez , Diego Folch Cortes , Esteban Martino Gonzalez , Pablo Goya Abaurrea , Vasilis Votsios , Michel Fouinnetau , Sylvain Roumegas
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Applicant Address: ES Getafe (Madrid)
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS, S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Getafe (Madrid)
- Agency: Dickinson Wright PLLC
- Agent John S. Artz
- Priority: EP14382565 20141223
- Main IPC: B64C11/20
- IPC: B64C11/20 ; B64C11/26

Abstract:
The disclosure refers to a propeller blade for an aircraft engine that includes an airbag system contained inside the blade and comprising at least one bag and at least one gas generator, the at least one gas generator in fluid communication with at least one bag for inflating the bag, a detecting system for detecting a rupture of a part of the blade, a trigger for activating the at least one gas generator when the rupture is detected by the detecting system, and the blade skin being configured for allowing the at least one bag to pass through the blade skin for being expanded outside the blade upon the bag inflation by the gas generator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160176509A1 Propeller blade for an aircraft engine Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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