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Rotor blade control device

US9555878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Uwe Arnold · Kassel, DE
Carsten Wintjen · An der Gradhöhe, DE
Andre Hausberg · Kassel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2012
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 18, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C27/605
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a rotor blade control device for a helicopter. The rotor blade control device may include a swash plate disk with a non-rotating component coupled to the helicopter. At least three actuators may be arranged around a rotor shaft axis of the helicopter, and a coupling element may be located between each actuator and the non-rotating component. The coupling element can be adjusted to change the position of a crosspoint at the non-rotating component of the swash plate disk alongside the rotor shaft axis in order to adjust the rotor blades. The actuators may be arranged onto the non-rotating component and may be able to pivot around a respective swivel axis. A radial distance of the first crosspoint to the rotor shaft axis may change with the swivel movement of an actuator around the swivel axis.

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