Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-drag blade tip
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Application No.: US16878045Application Date: 2020-05-19
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Publication No.: US11643195B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Bryan Kenneth Baskin
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Fogarty LLP
- Main IPC: B64C27/46
- IPC: B64C27/46 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C27/50

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to a rotor blade comprising a blade tip attached to the outboard end of the rotor blade. The blade tip has at least two sides that are tapered together to an edge. The length of the blade tip extending away from the outboard end to the edge is a distance that is greater than half the thickness of the outboard end. When the rotor blade is operating in a folded configuration, air flows over the sides in a direction generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade. The sides have profiles that minimize or prevent separation of the air flow from the blade tip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210362845A1 Low-Drag Blade Tip Public/Granted day:2021-11-25
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