Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blade flap measurement process
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Application No.: US16915877Application Date: 2020-06-29
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Publication No.: US11604059B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Charles Eric Covington , Randall Lee Johnson , Hunter Barton Nelson , Michael David Trantham
- 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: G01B7/30
- IPC: G01B7/30 ; G01P3/44 ; B64C27/57 ; B64D45/00 ; G01M5/00 ; B64C29/00
Abstract:
A rotorcraft comprising a rotor blade designed to flap about a hinge point, a measurement system designed to measure blade flapping, and a processing system designed to alter blade flapping measurements. The processing system further comprises a correction process to alter a blade flapping measurement dependent on rotor RPM or rotor torque.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210403147A1 BLADE FLAP MEASUREMENT PROCESS Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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