Patent · US Expired

Non-articulated rotor and rotorcraft comprising a rotor of this type

US7270516B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

20Claims

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Assignee

Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerold Becker · Maisach, DE
Rupert Pfaller · Riemerling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 6, 2004
Grant date	Sep 18, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C29/0033
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hingeless rotor, in particular for a rotorcraft, comprising: a rotor head, a rotor mast having a rotor axis, a torque-transmission element nonrotatably joined to the rotor mast, at least one rotor blade, and a rotor-head-side rotor-blade connector having a centrifugal-force-discharging blade connector loop, which loop encircles the rotor axis or the rotor mast and is nonrotatably joined to the torque-transmission element.

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