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Helicopter rotor

US4714409A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1986
Grant dateDec 22, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB64C27/33
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A helicopter rotor includes a plurality of rotor blades attached to a rotor hub by flexure members adapted during operation to permit pitch changes and flap and lag movements of the rotor blades. Each flexure member comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending reinforcing plates which in cross section extend generally radially from a geometric center of the flexure member and are enclosed in a resilient matrix material.

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