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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Claude G. Matalanis, Longmeadow, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Rockford, IL (US);
Brian E. Wake, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Alan Matthew Finn, Hebron, CT (US);
Fanping Sun, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Ulf J. Jonsson, South Windsor, CT (US);
Claude G. Matalanis, Longmeadow, CT (US);
Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Bristol, CT (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Rockford, IL (US);
Brian E. Wake, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Vijaya Ramaraju Lakamraju, Longmeadow, MA (US);
Alan Matthew Finn, Hebron, CT (US);
Fanping Sun, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Ulf J. Jonsson, South Windsor, CT (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade including one or more pockets and a housing located on the rotor blade within one or more pockets. The housing is secured to the rotor blade via one or more dovetail joints. A drive mechanism for a control surface of a rotor blade includes an actuator and a rocker operably connected to the actuator. At least one hinge rod is operably connected to the rocker and operably connected to a control surface at a control surface pivot. The drive mechanism translates substantially linear motion of the actuator into rotational motion of the control surface about the control surface pivot.