Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bistable pitch propeller system with bidirectional propeller rotation
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Application No.: US17574383Application Date: 2022-01-12
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Publication No.: US11702188B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Damon Vander Lind , Todd Reichert
- Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP
- Main IPC: B64C11/32
- IPC: B64C11/32 ; B64C11/34 ; B64C11/18 ; B64C11/46 ; B64C27/08 ; B64C27/467 ; B64C27/80 ; B64C29/02 ; B64U30/20

Abstract:
A propeller includes a blade free to rotate. A first stop is positioned to mechanically engage one or both of a first portion of the blade and a first structure coupled to the blade when the blade is in a first position at a first end of the rotational range of motion. A second stop is positioned to mechanically engage one or both of a second portion of the blade and a second structure coupled to the blade when the blade is in a second position at a second end of the defined rotational range. The blade rotates to the first position against the first stop when the propeller is rotated in a first direction and to the second position against the second stop when the propeller is rotated in a second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220219807A1 BISTABLE PITCH PROPELLER SYSTEM WITH BIDIRECTIONAL PROPELLER ROTATION Public/Granted day:2022-07-14
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