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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Inventors:
Peter Ventura, Enfield, CT (US);
Thomas G. Corley, Suffield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/30 (2006.01); F01D 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/303 (2013.01); B64C 11/02 (2013.01); F01D 5/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49318 (2015.01);
Abstract
A hub for mounting propeller blades has a plurality of mount locations for receiving propeller blades at a radially outer location. The hub has a piloting diameter centered on a center axis. The hub has a plurality of openings to receive a drive member for transmitting rotation/torque from an adapter. There are reliefs cut into the piloting diameter at locations circumferentially aligned with the openings.