Helicopter rotors
US4549850A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 23, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 23, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C27/51
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A bearingless helicopter rotor includes an integral damper and pitch change assembly (16) adapted to damp lead/lag movements of a rotor blade and to change the pitch of the rotor blade. In described embodiments, the assembly includes a generally tubular body portion (17, 27) closed at one end and attached by torque transmitting means (18, 28) to a flexure member blade attachment and a rod (20, 29) protruding axially from the other end of the body portion and attached adjacent the rotor hub. Pitch change movements are effected by rotation of the body portion about its longitudinal axis and damping of lead/lag movements either by metering of an incompressible medium across a piston (23) in a chamber (24) formed internally of the body portion or by an annular body of elastomer material (34) bonded to the outside diameter of the rod and the inside diameter of the body portion.
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