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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:
Jun. 07, 1977
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy A Krauss, Sandyhook, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416141 ; 4161 / ; 416226 ; 4162 / ;
Abstract
A torsionally compliant helicopter rotor blade with maximum blade torsional flexibility at the blade tip portion and so shaped at the blade root portion that the locus of shear centers and the locus of centers of lift are substantially coincident, and so shaped at the tip portion so that the locus of shear centers is selectively forward of the locus of centers of lift to establish an aerodynamic restoring moment in response to blade tip torsional excursions, thereby improving blade torsional stability.