Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low drag sail fairing for coaxial rotor
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Application No.: US16431341Application Date: 2019-06-04
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Publication No.: US11370532B2Publication Date: 2022-06-28
- Inventor: Patrick Ormande Bowles , Margaret G. Battisti , Brian Ernest Wake , Peter F. Lorber , Byung-Young Min
- Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: B64C27/10
- IPC: B64C27/10 ; B64C7/00 ; B64C27/82

Abstract:
A rotary wing aircraft and a rotor assembly of a rotary wind aircraft is disclosed. The rotary wing aircraft includes at least one engine, and the rotor assembly is coupled to the at least one engine. The rotor assembly includes a first rotor hub, a second rotor hub, and a shaft fairing between the first rotor hub to the second rotor hub, the shaft fairing defined by a chord that varies between the first rotor hub and the second rotor hub.
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