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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Kris Kopanski, Milford, CT (US);
Devon Cowles, New Milford, CT (US);
David E. Bruno, Milford, CT (US);
Frederick J. Miner, Barkhamsted, CT (US);
Benjamin Reed Hein, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/615 (2006.01); B64C 27/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/615 (2013.01); B64C 27/72 (2013.01); B64C 2027/7266 (2013.01); Y02T 50/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexbeam for a rotor blade is provided and includes a first end coupled to a body of the rotor blade and a second end coupled to a flap disposed along a trailing edge of the body to pitch about a pitching axis defined along a span of the body and a flexbeam body extending from the first end to the second end and being configured to retain the flap under a first loading and being flexible about the pitching axis.