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Patent No.:

US 10450059 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2018

Multi-piece inboard-beam

Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Thomas Cravener, Watauga, TX (US);

Tyler Wayne Baldwin, Keller, TX (US);

Nicholas Allen Torske, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:

Winstead PC

Primary Examiner:

Nathaniel E Wiehe

Assistant Examiner:

Michael K Reitz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/33 (2006.01); B64C 27/35 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 27/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/33 (2013.01); B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-piece inboard beam assembly for use in a rotor blade assembly of a rotorcraft. The inboard beam assembly includes an inboard beam connected to an inboard beam fitting with an anti-rotational connection. The inboard beam is connected to a yoke via bearings and the inboard beam fitting is connected to a grip in a double shear condition. In use, the grip, the inboard beam fitting with the double shear connection, the inboard beam, a centrifugal force bearing held by the inboard beam, and the yoke carry the centrifugal force created upon rotation of the rotor blade assembly.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Cravener, Kyle. (2019). Multi-piece inboard-beam (U.S. Patent No. 10450059). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10450059

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