Patents by Inventor Reggie J. Tomerlin

Reggie J. Tomerlin 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).

  • Composite rotor blade
    Patent number: 4083656
    Abstract: A composite rotor blade has a nose spar of fiber reinforced plastic with the fibers extending spanwise the length of the spar and at the root encircling a transverse hub attachment structure with the spar provided with a tubular inner liner of cross ply filament wound fiberglass forming a closure for the nose spar with a blad afterbody structure including skins for integrating the afterbody with the nose spar and liner. Preferably the spar has an inner liner and an outer liner both of cross ply filament wound fiberglass in multi layers. The blade afterbody structure includes honeycomb filler having cells extending in the direction of blade thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Braswell, Cecil E. Covington, Nolan B. Phillips, Reggie J. Tomerlin, Robert M. Wohlfeld