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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2011
Applicant:

Robert Owen White, Orillia Ontario, CA;

Inventor:

Robert Owen White, Orillia Ontario, CA;

Assignee:

Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29C 33/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B29C 33/02 (2013.01); B29C 35/0288 (2013.01); B29C 70/462 (2013.01); B64C 27/473 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0211 (2013.01); B64C 2027/4736 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for manufacture of a composite rotor blade spar having non-uniform wall thickness. Tooling for manufacturing include a first mold defining a first mold surface and a second mold comprising a rigid layer and a heated layer secured to the rigid layer and defining a second mold surface. A plurality of heating elements embedded in the second mold are activated according to a plurality of different temperature progressions effective to cure portions of the uncured composite blade spar positioned between the first and second mold surfaces coextensive with each heating element of the plurality of heating elements. In some embodiments, the second mold defines a root portion and first and second branch portions. A shear web is placed between the first and second branch portions and is bonded to a blade spar skin surrounding the second mold during curing of the blade spar skin.


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White, Robert. (2015). Rotor blade spar manufacturing apparatus and method (U.S. Patent No. 9144944). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9144944

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