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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Inventors:
John F. Vertel, Coronado, CA (US);
Sreenivas Narayanan Nampy, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Matthew J. Smelcer, Middleburg, FL (US);
Assignee:
Rohr, Inc., Chula Vista, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/51 (2006.01); B64C 27/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/51 (2013.01); B64C 27/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The apparatus includes a rotor head with a rotor hub and a plurality of rotor blade attachment structures. The attachment structures are disposed about and extend radially out from the rotor hub. Each of the attachment structures may be configured from or otherwise include flexible matrix composite material. In addition or alternatively, the rotor head may be a monolithic bearingless rotor head.