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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Drew Sutton, Watauga, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Patrick Ryan Tisdale, Keller, TX (US);
Paul Oldroyd, Azle, TX (US);
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A flexible joint assembly for providing flexure to a rotor blade comprising an upper hub plate and a lower hub plate configured to secure a rotor blade yoke via a bolted joint located radially outward of a mast; and an upper flexure assembly connected to the upper hub plate and a lower flexure assembly connected to the lower hub plate, wherein the upper flexure assembly and lower flexure assembly are configured to promote flapping of the rotor blade yoke about a flapping hinge located radially outward of the bolted joint.