IP Library Granted Patent US 11,548,617
Granted Patent B2
US 11,548,617 · App. 16/439,055 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Pitch-change apparatus and method of pitching rotor blades

Inventors: Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX); Nicholas Brodeur (Beaconsfield, CA); Louis Charron (St-Jerome, CA); Kevin Morris (Hawesbury, CA)
Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
B64C11/06B64C11/32B64C27/37B64C29/00B64C39/024B64C2201/108B64C2201/165
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Patent No.
US 11,548,617
App. No.
16/439,055
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of pitching rotor blades by interrupting torque applied to the hub.

Claims (8)

1. A method of pitching rotor blades, comprising:

applying torque to a hub to rotate the hub about an axis;

disposing a pawl between an upper plate and a lower plate, the pawl being configured to selectively engage each of the upper plate and the lower plate; and

decreasing the torque applied to the hub;

wherein the decreasing the torque causes a change in engagement between the pawl and at least one of the upper plate and lower plate thereby causing rotation of a plurality of rotor blades about their respective pitch-change axes from a first angle to a second angle;

increasing the torque to the hub after the decreasing the torque applied to the hub;

after the increasing the torque to the hub, decreasing the torque again;

wherein the decreasing the torque again causes rotation of the plurality of rotor blades about their respective pitch-change axes from the second angle to the first angle.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2023
From: BELL TEXTRON INC.
To: BELL TEXTRON RHODE ISLAND INC.
Reel/Frame 064284/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2023
From: BELL TEXTRON RHODE ISLAND INC.
To: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 064284/0618 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
To: BELL TEXTRON INC.
Reel/Frame 062171/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2019
From: FENNY, CARLOS ALEXANDER; BRODEUR, NICHOLAS; CHARRON, LOUIS; MORRIS, KEVIN
To: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
Reel/Frame 049478/0240 →
Continuity (1)
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