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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Paul K. Oldroyd, Azle, TX (US);

Wei-Yueh Lee, Arlington, TX (US);

James D. Hethcock, Jr., Colleyville, TX (US);

John R. McCullough, Weatherford, TX (US);

Patrick R. Tisdale, Keller, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B64C 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/473 (2013.01); B64C 3/20 (2013.01); B64C 2027/4736 (2013.01); Y02T 50/43 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49337 (2015.01);
Abstract

An airfoil member can have a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The airfoil member can include an upper skin, a lower skin, and a composite core member having a plurality of cells, an upper surface network of the cells can be bonded to the upper skin, a lower surface network of the cells can be bonded to the lower skin. The composite core can have a septum layer embedded in the cells that form the composite core, the septum layer being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member.


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