Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Removable rotor blade tip
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Application No.: US13789265Application Date: 2013-03-07
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Publication No.: US11261735B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Drew Sutton , Tim Ledbetter
- 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 Edwin S. Flores; Daniel J. Chalker
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; B64C27/46

Abstract:
A rotor blade has a spanwise axis, a root comprising an anchor having an anchor surface configured to form at least one of a normal angle relative to the spanwise axis and an acute angle relative to the spanwise axis, and a selectively removable tip comprising a connector having a connector surface configured to complement the anchor surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140255201A1 Removable Rotor Blade Tip Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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