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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:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2018
Applicant:

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Pantalone, III, Guilford, CT (US);

Timothy James Conti, Shelton, CT (US);

Frank M. Caputo, Cheshire, CT (US);

Sven R. Lofstrom, Irving, TX (US);

Keith M. Schenone, Fairfield, CT (US);

Robert D. Higbie, Haslet, TX (US);

Eric Charles Boyle, Haslet, TX (US);

Alicia Fernandez, Milford, CT (US);

Assignee:

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01); B64C 27/46 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/463 (2013.01); B29C 65/7841 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29D 99/0025 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); B64C 2027/4736 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of mounting a replacement tip section to an exposed end of a rotor blade includes removing an existing tip section from the rotor blade to create the exposed end of the rotor blade, installing the rotor blade having the exposed end onto a holding fixture, assembling the replacement tip section about the exposed end of the rotor blade, positioning a bonding fixture about the replacement tip section, and curing the replacement tip section to the exposed end of the rotor blade.


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