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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Paul Haldeman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Dalton T. Hampton, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Frank Bradley Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
John Lloyd, Arlington, TX (US);
Gilberto Morales, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/51 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/51 (2013.01); B64C 27/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotor assembly has a composite driveshaft extending between a transmission and a yoke for providing torque from the transmission to the yoke to cause rotation of the yoke and a plurality of rotor blade assemblies attached thereto. The rotor hub also has a composite static mast coupled to the yoke and a frame. The static mast being configured to carry the lift and thrust forces from the yoke to the frame.