Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e. – impellers) – Articulated – resiliently mounted or self-shifting impeller... – Resilient bias or mount
Patent
1983-03-18
1985-01-29
Powell, Jr., Everette A.
Fluid reaction surfaces (i.e., impellers)
Articulated, resiliently mounted or self-shifting impeller...
Resilient bias or mount
416141, B64C 2738
Patent
active
044962843
ABSTRACT:
Diametrically opposed rotor blades of a helicopter rotor are interconnected by a strap member which is flexible in torsion and in a plane perpendicular to a plane of rotation and has a plan profile extending between leading and trailing edges. Each rotor blade is provided with inwardly extending lever means adapted for attachment to drive means externally of the strap plan profile and adjacent one of its edges and to pitch control means externally of the plan profile and adjacent the other of its edges. In one embodiment, the lever means comprise individual levers formed integral with a connecting member rotationally fixed to the rotor blade and in a further embodiment the lever means comprise an inwardly extending torque sleeve. The drive means attachments of opposed blades lie along a common axis parallel to the plane of rotation and intersecting the axis of rotation at approximately 45 degrees to a longitudinal axis of the strap member.
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Powell Jr. Everette A.
Westland plc
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