Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High speed rotor blade design
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Application No.: US17706531Application Date: 2022-03-28
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Publication No.: US12116119B2Publication Date: 2024-10-15
- Inventor: Byung-Young Min , Vera Klimchenko , Annie Gao , Alexander F. Dunn , Claude George Matalanis , Brian Ernest Wake
- 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: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: B64C27/46
- IPC: B64C27/46 ; B64C27/467 ; B64C27/473

Abstract:
A rotary wing aircraft includes a single main rotor hub configured to receive a rotor blade. The rotor blade includes a blade root, a blade tip, and a blade body. The blade body includes a leading edge and a trailing edge and defines a feathering axis. The leading edge and the trailing edge each include a first portion and a second portion that extend toward a first direction and a second portion, respectively. At a given radial location along the feathering axis, a local twist angle changes from a positive value to a negative value, a chord length decreases in value, a distance between the trailing edge and the feathering axis decreases in value, and the first portion of the leading edge extends toward the first direction. The rotor blade assembly also includes a trailing edge assembly having a trailing edge flap configured to be selectively deployed by an actuator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230322373A1 HIGH SPEED ROTOR BLADE DESIGN Public/Granted day:2023-10-12
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