Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

Joshua Mancher

Marcus D Cappelli

Lewis L Kristie

Wonsub Kim

A replacement vibration absorbing device for replacing a wear wrap on a flexbeam includes a sleeve having a plurality of layers of vibration absorbing material, wherein an edge of the sleeve is cut so that the sleeve may be installed around a generally central portion of a flexbeam.

Vibration absorbing device for flexbeams

A method of repairing a damaged portion of a rotor blade includes filling the damaged portion with a filler material. A pre-cured patch assembly is applied over the damaged portion, the patch assembly including one or more laminate packs positionable at at least one of an upper rotor blade surface and a lower rotor blade surface and one or more overwrap plies positionable over the upper rotor blade surface and the lower blade surface. A repair structure for a damaged portion of a rotor blade includes a volume of fill material disposed at the damaged portion.

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Stamford, CT, United States of America

Joshua Mancher