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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jared Mark Paulson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64C 27/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spar assembly has a spar having a tip comprising a most outboard portion of the spar, a root comprising a most inboard portion of the spar, a main section disposed inboard relative to the tip, and a middle section disposed inboard relative to the main section. The spar also has a transition section disposed between the main section and the middle section and the transition section has an outboard interface cross-sectional shape and an inboard cross-sectional shape that is different than the outboard interface cross-sectional shape.