公开(公告)号：US20240336357A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18132330

申请日：2023-04-07

Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation

Inventor： Timothy James Conti ,  Eric S. Parsons ,  Joshua A. Breon ,  Benjamin E. Isabella ,  William Paul Adams ,  Christopher Michael Colschen

IPC: B64C27/46 ,  B64C27/473

CPC classification number: B64C27/463 ,  B64C27/473

Abstract: A rotor blade configured to be installed on a rotary-wing aircraft includes a main blade body including an inboard end configured to be coupled to a rotor blade hub and an outboard end. The rotor blade includes a blade tip removably coupled to the outboard end of the main blade body, the blade tip including an inner cavity. The rotor blade further includes a tip block including an inboard portion coupled to the outboard end of the main blade body and a cantilevered portion extending beyond the outboard end of the rotor blade and into the inner cavity of the blade tip.

公开(公告)号：US12214872B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18132330

申请日：2023-04-07

Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation

Inventor： Timothy James Conti ,  Eric S. Parsons ,  Joshua A. Breon ,  Benjamin E. Isabella ,  William Paul Adams ,  Christopher Michael Colschen

IPC: B64C27/46 ,  B64C27/473

Abstract: A rotor blade configured to be installed on a rotary-wing aircraft includes a main blade body including an inboard end configured to be coupled to a rotor blade hub and an outboard end. The rotor blade includes a blade tip removably coupled to the outboard end of the main blade body, the blade tip including an inner cavity. The rotor blade further includes a tip block including an inboard portion coupled to the outboard end of the main blade body and a cantilevered portion extending beyond the outboard end of the rotor blade and into the inner cavity of the blade tip.