Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor span-balance pocket
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Application No.: US15664809Application Date: 2017-07-31
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Publication No.: US10822075B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Paul Sherrill , Tim Ledbetter , Kelli Yates , Robert Self , Nathan Green , Russell Cole
- 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: Chalker Flores, LLP
- Agent Daniel J. Chalker; Edwin S. Flores
- Main IPC: B64C27/04
- IPC: B64C27/04 ; B64C27/00 ; B64C27/46 ; B64C27/473 ; B64C27/82
Abstract:
The present invention includes a span-balance pocket in a surface of a rotor blade, the span-balance pocket including an inboard surface and an outboard surface; and one or more weights disposed in the span-balance pocket to span-balance the rotor blade; and at least one of one or more retention devices to retain the one or more weights against the outboard surface of the span-balance pocket or the span-balance pocket is machined or molded into a tip block of the rotor blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190031327A1 ROTOR SPAN-BALANCE POCKET Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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