Patent ID: 8974188
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clip to connect a blade to a rotor disk, the blade with a root and a tip in a spanwise direction, and a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction, the root with a bottom surface, the clip comprising: a locking mechanism shaped to engage a complementary slot extending into the bottom surface of the blade root in the spanwise direction, the locking mechanism having a neck and a head with the head connected to the neck and extending a greater length in the chordwise direction than the neck; a support connected to the neck of the locking mechanism and extending the length of the bottom surface of the root in the chordwise direction; and first and second arms extending radially inward converging in an axial direction so that the arms are closer at their distal ends to engage the rotor disk.