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Patent No.:

US 10597143 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2017

Low moment rotor hub

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Andrew Paul Haldeman, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);

James Donn Hethcock, Colleyville, TX (US);

Assignee:

BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:

Patent Capital Group

Primary Examiner:

Nicholas McFall

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/35 (2006.01); B64C 11/04 (2006.01); B64C 11/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/39 (2006.01); B64C 27/12 (2006.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 27/59 (2006.01); B64C 27/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/02 (2013.01); B64C 11/04 (2013.01); B64C 11/06 (2013.01); B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64C 27/35 (2013.01); B64C 27/39 (2013.01); B64C 27/59 (2013.01); B64C 27/78 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a rotor hub comprises a hub body, and a plurality of blade grips configured for attaching a plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of centrifugal force bearings coupled to the plurality of blade grips, wherein a focus of the plurality of centrifugal force bearings is aligned with a centerline of a rotor mast. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of drive links configured to transfer torque to the plurality of rotor blades, wherein the plurality of drive links is positioned to correspond with a leading edge side of the plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of pitch horns configured to adjust a pitch of the plurality of rotor blades.

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Haldeman, Andrew. (2020). Low moment rotor hub (U.S. Patent No. 10597143). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10597143

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