Patents by Inventor Gilles D. Herpin

Gilles D. Herpin 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).

  • Patent number: 5562415
    Abstract: For each blade, the cuff which is rigid in torsion, surrounding the corresponding rotor attachment twistable arm, bears two opposed pitch levers each articulated to one respectively of two intermediate connecting rods which are moreover articulated to one and the same transmission lever on either side of a pivoting link by means of which this lever pivots on a pivot secured to the rotor mast. The transmission lever is additionally articulated to the pitch-control rod at a point which is offset with respect to its pivoting link. A crossmember is articulated to the connecting rods and interacts with an assembly having a drag damper, this assembly itself being articulated to a fixed point secured in terms of rotation to the rotor mast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Assignee: Eurocopter France
    Inventors: Philippe M. R. Legendre, Thomas P. Manfredotti, Gilles D. Herpin