Apparatus and method for a split toe blade
AssigneeFillauer Composites LLC
InventorsEric Rubie, David Rotter, Jack Stites, Jon Winegar
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Abstract
A split toe blade comprising a medial toe member, a lateral toe member that is disposed adjacent to the medial toe member, and a connecting web that is disposed between the medial toe member and the lateral toe member. The preferred connecting web controls the amount of traverse compliance in the event an off-axis load is applied to the blade. A method comprising providing a split toe blade and applying an off-axis force to the blade.
Claims20
A split toe blade, said split toe blade comprising:
- (a) a medial toe member;
- (b) a lateral toe member, said lateral toe member being disposed adjacent to the medial toe member;
- (c) a connecting web, said connecting web being disposed between the medial toe member and the lateral toe member;
- wherein the connecting web controls the amount of traverse compliance in the event an off-axis load is applied to the blade.
A split toe blade, said split toe blade comprising:
- (a) a medial toe member;
- (b) a lateral toe member, said lateral toe member being disposed adjacent to the medial toe member;
- (c) a toe sole, said toe sole being disposed on at least a portion of the medial toe member and on at least a portion of the lateral toe member, and said toe sole having a connecting web disposed between the medial toe member and the lateral toe member;
- wherein the connecting web controls the amount of traverse compliance in the event an off-axis load is applied to the blade.
A method for controlling the movement of a split toe blade, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a split toe blade, said split toe blade comprising:
- (i) a medial toe member;
- (ii) a lateral toe member, said lateral toe member being disposed adjacent to the medial toe member;
- (iii) a connecting web, said connecting web being disposed between the medial toe member and the lateral toe member;
- wherein the connecting web controls the amount of traverse compliance in the event an off-axis load is applied to the blade;
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- (b) applying an off-axis force to the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.