Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compact folding yoke with flexible yoke arms in a folding rotor blade assembly
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Application No.: US15845876Application Date: 2017-12-18
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Publication No.: US10703469B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Jared Mark Paulson , Tyler Wayne Baldwin , Kyle Thomas Cravener
- 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
- Agent Ross T. Robinson
- Main IPC: B64C27/50
- IPC: B64C27/50 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C27/52 ; B64C27/48
Abstract:
A folding yoke comprising a center yoke pivotally connected to separate foldable flexible yoke arms permits rotor blade fold about a single through bolt connection inboard of a set of bearings. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response to ever increasing restricted storage space parameters.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190185152A1 COMPACT FOLDING YOKE WITH FLEXIBLE YOKE ARMS IN A FOLDING ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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