Metal hub for a helicopter rotor
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1. A hub for a helicopter rotor with n blades, the hub comprising a metal center element, a metal outer annular frame extending about said metal center element and comprising n identical metal segments, and an intermediate structure connecting said metal frame to said metal center element and comprising n identical metal spokes extending radially outward from said metal center element;
- each said metal spoke comprising an outer end acting as a connecting element for connecting two adjacent said metal segments to each other.
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Abstract
Metal hub for a helicopter rotor, on which a metal center element is connected to an outer annular frame for anchoring the rotor blades by use of a number of identical metal spokes connected, at one end, to the center element and each acting, at the other end, as a connecting element for two identical, adjacent metal segments on the outer frame.
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1. A hub for a helicopter rotor with n blades, the hub comprising a metal center element, a metal outer annular frame extending about said metal center element and comprising n identical metal segments, and an intermediate structure connecting said metal frame to said metal center element and comprising n identical metal spokes extending radially outward from said metal center element;
- each said metal spoke comprising an outer end acting as a connecting element for connecting two adjacent said metal segments to each other.
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