Patent ID: 8622703

Claim:
A rotorcraft blade comprising: at least one spar; an outer covering formed by a hollow sleeve with a wall, said outer covering secured to said at least one spar to form a pressure side and a suction side of the blade; and a rotary damper having an inner tubular strength member and an outer tubular strength member that are coaxial and that are connected together by a ring of viscoelastic material, said inner tubular strength member being secured to said covering and said outer tubular strength member having a fork possessing first and second facing tines, said first and second tines including respective first and second bores centered on a connection axis (AR 1 ) so as to be suitable for receiving a first ball joint close to a pitch-variation axis (AX 1 ) of said blade, a first distance (DIS 1 ) separating the connection axis (AR 1 ) from the pitch-variation axis (AX 1 ) of the blade being less than or equal to 10% of the chord (CO) of the blade containing said connection axis (AR 1 ).