Flexbeam unit with at least one twisted flexbeam element
US10005552B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C27/33
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A flexbeam unit for a multi-blade rotor of a rotary wing aircraft, the flexbeam unit comprising a plurality of flexbeam elements defining a predetermined number of torsion elements that are connectable with associated rotor blades of the multi-blade rotor, at least one of the predetermined number of torsion elements comprising at least one flexbeam element having an associated longitudinal direction, the at least one flexbeam element comprising at least one twisted area in which the at least one flexbeam element is twisted in the associated longitudinal direction.
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