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公开(公告)号:US20200290735A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16354591
申请日:2019-03-15
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Aaron Alexander Acee , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Eric Albert Sinusas , Yann Lavallee , Albert G. Brand
Abstract: An exemplary electric distributed propulsion system includes two or more rotors that are individually controlled by the rotational speed of associated motors, an input control connected to the associated motors to provide rotational speed control to the two or more rotors to produce a desired net thrust, and a logic connected to the input control and the associated motors, the logic for controlling speed and direction of the two or more rotors to achieve the desired net thrust and to avoid a motor speed condition.
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公开(公告)号:US20200094450A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16141127
申请日:2018-09-25
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: James A. Cordell , Suvankar Mishra , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Jesse J. Wrabel , Dalton T. Hampton
Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include positioning at least one nozzle within a hollow portion of a rotor blade at a distance associated with a span of the rotor blade and providing, via the at least one nozzle, a liquid foam mixture in the hollow portion, wherein the liquid foam expands and becomes a solid foam material that fills the hollow portion of the rotor blade. Another method is provided in another example embodiment and may include providing a plurality of openings for a rotor blade that are positioned proximate to a hollow portion of the rotor blade and providing a liquid foam mixture in the hollow portion of the rotor blade through at least one opening of the rotor blade, wherein the liquid foam mixture expands and becomes a solid foam material that fills the hollow portion of the rotor blade.
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公开(公告)号:US10587103B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-10
申请号:US15923201
申请日:2018-03-16
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Chad Jarrett , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Zachary Dailey
Abstract: A standpipe assembly for a rotorcraft includes a slip ring positioned within the mast of the rotorcraft. The slip ring includes a stator rotationally connected to a rotor. A flexible coupling is connected to the stator and a standpipe tube is connected to the flexible coupling. The flexible coupling is capable of angular, axial, and torsional displacement.
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公开(公告)号:US20190322363A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-24
申请号:US15961713
申请日:2018-04-24
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Andrew Paul Haldeman , Dalton T. Hampton , Frank Bradley Stamps
Abstract: A rotor system includes a yoke, a plurality of blade grip assemblies and a plurality of centrifugal force bearings coupling the blade grip assemblies with the yoke. A plurality of rotor blades are coupled to the blade grip assemblies such that each rotor blade has a coincident hinge and such that each rotor blade has three independent degrees of freedom including blade pitch about a pitch change axis, blade flap about a flapping axis and lead-lag about a lead-lag axis. A blade-to-blade damping ring includes a plurality of damper anchors each coupled to one of the blade grip assemblies along the respective pitch change axis and a plurality of lead-lag dampers each coupled between adjacent damper anchors. During blade pitch operations, each blade grip assembly is operable to rotate relative to the respective damper anchor, such that the blade-to-blade damping ring is operable to provide pitch independent lead-lag damping.
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公开(公告)号:US20190061930A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-28
申请号:US15687350
申请日:2017-08-25
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Dalton T. Hampton , Timothy Kent Ledbetter , Drew A. Sutton , Bryan W. Marshall , Paul Sherrill , Frank B. Stamps , James Donn Hethcock , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Paul K. Oldroyd
IPC: B64C27/473 , B64C27/06 , B64F5/40 , B29C73/04
Abstract: In one embodiment, a method may comprise coupling a plurality of reinforcement fibers to a plurality of spherical components; inserting the plurality of spherical components into an enclosure; and heating the enclosure to cause the plurality of spherical components to expand, wherein the plurality of spherical components expands to form a geodesic structure, wherein the geodesic structure comprises a plurality of polyhedron components configured in a geodesic arrangement.
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公开(公告)号:US20200262552A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16277504
申请日:2019-02-15
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Aaron Alexander ACEE , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Colin John Thomas
Abstract: A method of controlling a tail rotor system of a helicopter includes pivoting a swashplate of the tail rotor system about an axis passing through a diameter of the swashplate. Pivoting the swashplate causes a first linkage of a first pair of linkages coupled between the swashplate and a collective crosshead to move in a first direction and a second linkage of the first pair of linkages coupled between the swashplate and the collective crosshead to move in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. The movement of the first and second linkages causes a plane of rotation of a pair of rotors of the tail rotor system to cant relative to a centerline of a mast of the tail rotor system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200039641A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-06
申请号:US16053611
申请日:2018-08-02
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
IPC: B64C27/473 , B64C29/00 , B21D22/02 , B21D53/92
Abstract: An abrasion strip and method of manufacturing the same. The abrasion strip being composed of INCONEL® alloy 718SPF™ and being shaped by superplastic forming.
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公开(公告)号:US20190100300A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-04
申请号:US15720626
申请日:2017-09-29
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Andrew Paul Haldeman , Dalton T. Hampton , Bryan Marshall , Frank Bradley Stamps
IPC: B64C27/00 , B64C27/605 , B64C27/72 , B64C27/48 , B64C27/39
Abstract: An aircraft rotor assembly has a yoke and a plurality of rotor blade assemblies coupled thereto. Each of the rotor blade assemblies include a rotor blade, a bearing, and a blade grip coupling the rotor blade to the bearing. Each of the rotor blades is rotatable about a lead-lag axis, flap axis, and a pitch change axis, wherein all the axes intersect within the bearing. Adjacent pairs of rotor blade assemblies are coupled together via a damper assembly that is coupled to the pitch change axis of each of the rotor blade assemblies.
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公开(公告)号:US20190077502A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US15699677
申请日:2017-09-08
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Jason C. Owens , Frank B. Stamps , Andrew Paul Haldeman , Robert P. Wardlaw , John R. McCullough , Gary Miller , Andrew Ryan Maresh , Drew A. Sutton
Abstract: In one embodiment, a rotor hub comprises a hub plate, a yoke for attaching a plurality of rotor blades, a plurality of yoke support bearings, and a plurality of cushioned damper bearings for attaching a plurality of dampers.
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公开(公告)号:US20190061926A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-28
申请号:US15683621
申请日:2017-08-22
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Andrew Paul Haldeman , Frank B. Stamps , James Donn Hethcock
Abstract: In one embodiment, a rotor hub comprises a hub body, and a plurality of blade grips configured for attaching a plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of centrifugal force bearings coupled to the plurality of blade grips, wherein a focus of the plurality of centrifugal force bearings is aligned with a centerline of a rotor mast. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of drive links configured to transfer torque to the plurality of rotor blades, wherein the plurality of drive links is positioned to correspond with a leading edge side of the plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of pitch horns configured to adjust a pitch of the plurality of rotor blades.
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