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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacques A Aubry, Cabries, FR;
Assignee:
Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
416106 ; 4161 / ; 416140 ;
Abstract
A rotor head for a rotary wing aircraft rotor blades, such that each blade is coupled to the hub by an attachment assembly. The attachment assembly includes a thrust bearing attached to the hub for allowing angular oscillations, and drag damping device coupled between the blade and the hub for damping movements of drag caused by rotation of the rotor head. The drag damping device has hydro-elastic elements which are pivotable with respect to each other about a common axis. The damping device as also disposed to pivot in a flapping direction of the blade through a pivot joint.