Invention Application
- Patent Title: Dual-Pitch Support for a Propeller
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Application No.: US15665386Application Date: 2017-07-31
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Publication No.: US20170334550A1Publication Date: 2017-11-23
- Inventor: Damon Vander Lind , Geoff Dolan
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Main IPC: B64C11/34
- IPC: B64C11/34 ; F03D5/00 ; F03D7/02

Abstract:
Apparatus are disclosed that are configured to passively rotate a propeller blade from a first pitch angle to a second pitch angle. An example apparatus involves: (a) a rotor hub, (b) at least one dual-pitch support coupled to the rotor hub, wherein the dual-pitch support has a first surface, a second surface and a cavity defined there between, and (c) at least one propeller blade rotatably coupled to the rotor hub such that a blade root is disposed within the dual-pitch support's cavity, where the blade root's front face is positioned against the dual-pitch support's first surface in a first position and the blade root's back face is positioned against the dual-pitch support's second surface in a second position, and the propeller blade is oriented at a first pitch angle in the first position and is oriented at a second pitch angle in the second position.
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