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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Pedro L. Cabrera, West Haven, CT (US);
Kenneth F. Deyo, Thomaston, CT (US);
David Templeton, Shelton, CT (US);
Kevin Laitenberger, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Inventors:
Pedro L. Cabrera, West Haven, CT (US);
Kenneth F. Deyo, Thomaston, CT (US);
David Templeton, Shelton, CT (US);
Kevin Laitenberger, Beacon Falls, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/473 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/48 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1052 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rotary wing aircraft yoke is provided including an arcuate medial portion. A pair of arms extends from the medial portion and each terminates in a distal end. The yoke is made from multiple plies of glass and graphite fibers of varying orientations. The number of graphite plies increases along each arm from adjacent the medial portion to the distal end.