Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Precision blade pitch adjustment
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Application No.: US17198007Application Date: 2021-03-10
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Publication No.: US11518506B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Andrew Paul Haldeman , Michael Seifert , Timothy McClellan Mosig , Aaron Acee , Diana R. Tinlin , Andrew Thomas Carter , Glenn Thornton Lancaster
- 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: F04D29/36
- IPC: F04D29/36 ; B64C27/59 ; F01D7/00 ; F01D5/30 ; F01D5/02 ; B64C11/06 ; F04D29/32

Abstract:
A blade pitch adjustment mechanism includes a pitch cylinder having a first face and pitch slots extending longitudinally from the first face, a blade sleeve having a second face and a blade slot extending longitudinally from the second face, the blade sleeve is configured to be rotationally positioned in the pitch cylinder with the second face located with the first face, wherein the blade slot and the pitch slots are cooperative to form keyway, corresponding to a discrete blade pitch, when the blade slot is aligned with a pitch slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220289368A1 PRECISION BLADE PITCH ADJUSTMENT Public/Granted day:2022-09-15
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