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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2019
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Scott O. Smith, Bedford, TX (US);
Sven R. Lofstrom, Irving, TX (US);
Philip Petering, Keller, TX (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A cuff-blade attachment bushing removal tool system includes an alignment plate comprising alignment holes defined through the alignment plate in a pattern of a plurality of bushing holes of a blade root, a bladder plate connected to the alignment plate, and a bladder positioned on the bladder plate such that a gap is formed between the bladder and the alignment plate to receive a blade root to align the alignment holes and the bushing holes of the blade root, wherein the bladder is transitionable between an uninflated position where the blade root can be inserted into the gap and an inflated position where the blade root is clamped between the bladder and the alignment plate.