Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor assemblies for rotorcraft
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Application No.: US17326222Application Date: 2021-05-20
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Publication No.: US11787533B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Dennis K. Kennedy , Joshua Jeffrey Bracken , Jeffrey L. Sorensen
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC
- Main IPC: B64C27/39
- IPC: B64C27/39 ; B64C27/35 ; B64C27/48

Abstract:
A rotor assembly comprises a rotor hub and rotor-blade assemblies. The rotor hub comprises rotor-blade supports. Each rotor-blade assembly is coupled to a respective one of the rotor-blade supports and comprises a flap axle, a hub connector, a rotor blade, and a torsion strap. The flap axle extends through a respective one of the rotor-blade supports and has a central flap-axle axis. The hub connector is pivotable relative to a rotor-blade support about the central flap-axle axis and defines a central hub-connector axis. The rotor blade is coupled to and is pivotable relative to the hub connector, and, together with the hub connector, is pivotable relative to a respective one of the rotor-blade supports about the central flap-axle axis. The torsion strap has a first end, coupled to the rotor blade, and a second end, through which the flap axle passes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220144418A1 ROTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR ROTORCRAFT Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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