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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:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Westland Helicopters, Ltd., , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416228 ; 4162 / ;
Abstract
Flow separation behind the notch region of a swept tip of a helicopter rotor blade is reduced by a plurality of boundary layer control vanes located adjacent a forwardly swept leading edge portion forming the notch region.