Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Folding proprotor gimbal lock and blade lock mechanism
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Application No.: US14957321Application Date: 2015-12-02
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Publication No.: US10336447B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Chyau-Song Tzeng , Troy Cyril Schank
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Lightfoot & Alford PLLC
- Main IPC: B64C27/54
- IPC: B64C27/54 ; B64C29/00 ; B64C11/28 ; B64C27/30

Abstract:
A gimbal lock mechanism for a rotor hub can include a cam member having a cuff lock lobe and a gimbal lock lobe. The cam member is configured so that rotation can cause the first cuff lobe to become adjacent to the root end of the rotor blade and at the same time causes the gimbal lock lobe to become adjacent to a gimbal so as to inhibit gimbaling of the gimbal. A first moveable pin can be located on the root end portion of the rotor blade and inserted into the cuff lock lobe to prevent pitch change of the rotor blade.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160152329A1 Folding Proprotor Gimbal Lock and Blade Lock Mechanism Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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