Abstract: The journals of two vanes of the wind turbine are connected with one another by a connecting rod 26 for absorption of the centrifugal forces of the vanes. Bearings with spherical faces are arranged between the ends of the connecting rod and the journals. The connecting rod is prestressed with a tensile force by means of a tubular bushing which surrounds the rod and which cooperates with threaded rings on the rod to tension the rod.

Abstract: The blade angle of the blades of a rotary wing aircraft is adjusted by a control rod (5) inside the hollow rotor head operating a control shaft (8) extending radially out of the rotor head in axial alignment with the blade angle adjustment axis. The adjustment movement of the shaft (8) is transmitted to the respective blade (3.3) by a yoke (11, 12) and a torsion-stiff sleeve (7) which bridge the blade root (3.1) and the torsion yielding blade neck (3.2) respectively. The blade root (3.1) is connected to the rotor hub (1) by a forked member (2) through which a portion (11) of the yoke extends for connection to the control shaft.

Abstract: A variable-pitch, multi-blade propeller specially usable as a rear rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft and a process for manufacturing the same are described. The propeller comprises a number of pairs of blades emanating from a central hub, each pair comprising a single elongate strip secured at its center to the hub. The strip is composed of two flat bundles of fibres and defining an aperture for a sliding shaft at their center. The shaft is used to control the pitch angles of the blades and aerodynamic blade shells are secured to the fibre bundles by adhesive synthetic cellular or foam material.

Abstract: A blade mounting having journal and thrust bearings locating the blades in a hub to relieve load and therefore friction by a torsionally flexible tension member secured within each blade so that centrifugal forces of the blade are transmitted directly to the hub, instead of thru the thrust bearing. Also, each blade is located in the hub so that the aerodynamic torque and thrust on the blade are transmitted directly to the hub as components of the centrifugal force.

Abstract: An automotive engine cooling fan assembly including asymmetrical plastic fan blades and a torsion bar interconnecting each blade to the hub of the assembly, the asymmetrical blades responding to both aerodynamic and centrifugal forces to reduce the pitch thereof at high fan speeds, the entire fan blade subassembly being rotated as a result of the twisting of the torsion bar.