Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hinged rotor blade to provide passive variable pitch
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Application No.: US16379588Application Date: 2019-04-09
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Publication No.: US10994828B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Todd Reichert
- Applicant: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kitty Hawk Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP
- Main IPC: B64C11/06
- IPC: B64C11/06 ; B64C11/14 ; B64C11/34 ; B64C29/00

Abstract:
A hinged propeller comprising a hub and one or more blades is disclosed. In various embodiments, a blade is connected to the hub via a hinge, wherein at least a substantial part of the blade has a longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to a line extending radially from a center of the hub, and wherein the hinge has an axis of hinge rotation that is oriented at a non-zero acute angle to a line that is perpendicular, in a plane of rotation of the hub, to said longitudinal axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190233083A1 HINGED ROTOR BLADE TO PROVIDE PASSIVE VARIABLE PITCH Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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