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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Scott Rowlands, Derby, GB;
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
There is disclosed a fixing apparatus () for fixing a secondary component () to a fan blade, the fixing apparatus comprising: a first clamp part () comprising a first inner surface () and a second clamp part () comprising a second inner surface (), the first inner surface and the second inner surface having a profile corresponding to a profile of a portion of the fan blade (). The first clamp part and/or the second clamp part comprises a recess () in the respective first inner surface and/or second inner surface for receiving the secondary component, and a corresponding heater () for applying heat to the secondary component located in the recess in use. The first clamp part and the second clamp part are configured to cooperate with one another to clamp the portion of a blade between them in a clamping operation and to hold the secondary component against the blade when the secondary component is received within the recess.
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