Patents by Inventor George Capowich

George Capowich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Advanced composite rotor blade
    Patent number: 5346367
    Abstract: An advanced composite blade construction for a helicopter rotor blade using for the most part fiber reinforced plastic materials in which the major assembly of blade elements is a single step co-cure operation and in which an integral spar/skin carries centrifugal, flapwise and chordwise loads and also incorporates redundant means to carry torsional loads and a honeycomb core carries shear and aerodynamic pressures loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard J. Doolin, Eric G. Olsen, William C. Reinfelder, George Capowich