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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:
Dec. 22, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vas H Brogdon, Hurst, TX (US);
Cecil E Covington, Hurst, TX (US);
Richard E Wheelis, Hurst, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron, Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4161 / ; 416141 ; 416230 ;
Abstract
A helicopter tail rotor structure includes a thin, flat, tension-bearing strap of fibers extending spanwise, and is to be centrally secured by a hub to a helicopter tail mast. Flex sections are formed inboard of substantially equally divided portions of said fibers which extend as top and bottom blade spars from the outboard margins of the flex sections. Preferably, the planes of the flex sections and the planes of the spars are oriented at predetermined nose-up twist angles, one relative to the other.