Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structurally biased proprotor blade assembly
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Application No.: US15161215Application Date: 2016-05-21
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Publication No.: US10239604B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Christopher Foskey , Michael Burnett , Jeffrey Bosworth , Jared Mark Paulson , Joel McIntyre , Paul K. Oldroyd
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lawrence Youst PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C11/26
- IPC: B64C11/26 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C11/24 ; B64C27/473

Abstract:
A tiltrotor aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing member extending from the fuselage, an engine disposed relative to the wing member and a proprotor mechanically coupled to the engine. The proprotor includes a plurality of proprotor blade assemblies each including a spar and a sheath extending spanwise along the spar forming the leading edge of the proprotor blade assembly. The spar has a root section, a main section and a tip section. The spar has a generally oval cross section at radial stations along the main section and a first edge having a structural bias relative to a generally oppositely disposed second edge at the radial stations along the main section.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170334548A1 Structurally Biased Proprotor Blade Assembly Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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