公开(公告)号：US20240418093A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18731044

申请日：2024-05-31

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Rob Thodal ,  Baixi Pei ,  Joachim L. Grenestedt ,  Mallory Snowden

IPC: F01D7/00 ,  B64C11/32 ,  B64C11/44

Abstract: A propeller blade pitch control mechanism configured to adjust and control the blade pitch of the blades of a multi-blade propeller simultaneously. The pitch control mechanism may have a pitch plate which is raised or lowered along a liner path along an axial direction using a linear drive, which may be a power screw. The pitch plate is coupled to the blade roots with kinematic links which transfer the linear axial motion of the pitch plate along the propeller spin axis into rotary motion of the propeller blade roots, thereby controlling the pitch of the propeller blades. The propeller pitch control mechanism may include springs or gas springs adapted to place the propeller blades in a low drag position in the event of failure of the blade pitch control mechanism.