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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher E. Foskey, Keller, TX (US);

Michael C. Burnett, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An adapter for a rotor blade assembly including a support member having an outboard surface and an inboard surface; an outboard feature extending laterally from the outboard surface of the support member and including a first lug and a second lug; an inboard feature extending laterally from the inboard surface of the support member and including a first arm and a second arm. The outboard feature and the inboard feature are configured such that a plane defined by an attachment surface of at least one of the first lug and the second lug is non-parallel to a plane defined by an attachment surface of at least one of the first arm and the second arm.


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