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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Scott Oren Smith, Bedford, TX (US);
David Littlejohn, Haslet, TX (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01); B64C 11/04 (2006.01); B25B 5/10 (2006.01); B25B 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 11/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/473 (2013.01); B64C 27/48 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B25B 5/10 (2013.01); B25B 5/14 (2013.01); F05B 2230/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A root end spar plate closure tool includes a spar plate compression assembly for applying compressive force to a spar plate, a first flange extending from the spar plate compression assembly and including at least one pin opening, and a second flange extending from the spar plate compression assembly and including at least one pin opening. The first flange and the second flange define a blade root gap sized to receive a blade root.