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Helicopter rotor flexbeam

US4792280A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1987
Grant dateDec 20, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2007

Classification

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

Abstract

An improved helicopter rotor flexbeam (20) comprises a pair of generally parallel outwardly open, cross-sectionally C-shaped beams (25) of a geometry which defines therein a first inboard region (A) of enhanced out-of-plane flexibility and a second outboard region (B) of enhanced in-plane and torsional flexibility.

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