Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable blade-to-hub lead-lag damper attachment
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Application No.: US14283515Application Date: 2014-05-21
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Publication No.: US09656744B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Richard E. Rauber , Mithat Yuce , Thomas C. Parham, Jr. , Thomas J. Newman , Mark A. Wiinikka
- 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
- Agent James E. Walton
- Main IPC: B64C27/635
- IPC: B64C27/635 ; B64C27/58 ; B64C27/59 ; B64C27/54 ; B64C27/51 ; F16C11/06 ; F16C11/04 ; F16C23/02

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a rotor blade and a rotor hub system. The rotor hub system includes a lead-lag damper having a rod end and being operably associated with the rotor blade; a blade adapter having a first arm and an opposing second arm; a pin carried by the blade adapter and configured to secure in position via the first arm and the second arm; and an actuator secured to the pin and configured to adjust the position of the lead-lag rod end relative to the first arm and the second arm.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150336664A1 ADJUSTABLE BLADE-TO-HUB LEAD-LAG DAMPER ATTACHMENT Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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