Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stowed blade pneumatic clamp
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Application No.: US16574459Application Date: 2019-09-18
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Publication No.: US11279464B2Publication Date: 2022-03-22
- Inventor: Christopher Edward Foskey , Troy Cyril Schank
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C11/28
- IPC: B64C11/28 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a pylon rotatable relative to a wing, a proprotor assembly carried by the pylon, the proprotor assembly have a proprotor blade that is foldable to a stowed position extending substantially parallel to the pylon, and a fluidic clamp positioned with the pylon and configured to grip the proprotor blade when in the stowed position, the fluidic clamp including a first inflatable bladder positioned on a first side of an opening for receiving a portion of a proprotor blade and a pressurized fluid source in fluid connection with the first inflatable bladder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210078695A1 STOWED BLADE PNEUMATIC CLAMP Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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