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Rotor blade for a rotor airplane

US8152465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

10Claims

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Assignee

Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Jaenker · Garching bei München, DE
Valentin Kloeppel · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2008
Grant date	Apr 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C27/463
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rotor blade comprises an inner rotor blade root area, a rotor blade main area disposed adjacent to the inner rotor blade root area along a length of the rotor blade and having an aerodynamically effective rotor blade profile, the profile including a nose area and a rear edge area, and a rotor blade tip disposed adjacent to the rotor blade main area along the length of the rotor blade. The rotor blade tip is configured to be deformable relative to the rotor blade main area and is operatively connected to a first actuator device. The first actuator device is configured to initiate a vertical movement of the rotor blade tip upwards or downwards relative to the lift direction. The vertical movement starts from a neutral position relative to the rotor blade main area.

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