Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bistable pitch propeller system with unidirectional propeller rotation
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Application No.: US16584570Application Date: 2019-09-26
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Publication No.: US10933989B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- 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: B64C27/57
- IPC: B64C27/57 ; B64C11/34 ; B64C11/46 ; B64C29/02

Abstract:
A propeller includes a blade free to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the blade. The propeller also includes a mechanical stop positioned to engage mechanically a first portion of the blade and/or a first structure coupled mechanically to the blade when the blade is in a first position. The propeller also includes a magnetic stop positioned to engage magnetically a second portion of the blade and/or a second structure coupled mechanically to the blade when the blade is in a second position. The blade rotates to the first position against the mechanical stop when the propeller is rotated at a first rotational speed and the blade rotates to the second position against the magnetic stop when the propeller is rotated at a second rotational speed in a same direction as when the blade is in the first position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200039634A1 BISTABLE PITCH PROPELLER SYSTEM WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL PROPELLER ROTATION Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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