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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

James A. Cordell, Azle, TX (US);

Suvankar Mishra, Carrollton, TX (US);

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

Jesse J. Wrabel, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Dalton T. Hampton, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/18 (2006.01); B64C 11/26 (2006.01); B29C 44/34 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29C 44/42 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/18 (2013.01); B29C 44/3415 (2013.01); B29C 44/422 (2013.01); B29C 44/60 (2013.01); B64C 11/26 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/087 (2013.01); B64C 2027/4736 (2013.01); F05D 2300/612 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include positioning at least one nozzle within a hollow portion of a rotor blade at a distance associated with a span of the rotor blade and providing, via the at least one nozzle, a liquid foam mixture in the hollow portion, wherein the liquid foam expands and becomes a solid foam material that fills the hollow portion of the rotor blade. Another method is provided in another example embodiment and may include providing a plurality of openings for a rotor blade that are positioned proximate to a hollow portion of the rotor blade and providing a liquid foam mixture in the hollow portion of the rotor blade through at least one opening of the rotor blade, wherein the liquid foam mixture expands and becomes a solid foam material that fills the hollow portion of the rotor blade.


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