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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Andrew Paul Haldeman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Amarjit Olenchery Kizhakkepat, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Gary Miller, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Diana Tinlin, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Glenn Shimek, Kennedale, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is a rotor system including a rotor hub comprising a plurality of extension arms for connecting rotor blades to the rotor hub; a plurality of dampers connected between a respective one of the extension arms and the rotor hub; and a fairing disposed over the rotor hub, the fairing including an inlet plenum through which air is drawn from outside the fairing into the fairing; and at least one duct for conducting the air toward the at least one of the dampers.