Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blade angle position feedback system with profiled marker terminations
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Application No.: US16703394Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US11643187B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Michael Smith
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: G01B7/30
- IPC: G01B7/30 ; G01D5/20 ; B64C11/30 ; B64D31/00

Abstract:
There is provided a blade angle feedback assembly for an aircraft-bladed rotor rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle. The assembly comprises a feedback device coupled to rotate with the rotor, the feedback device having a root surface having a first edge, first position markers extending from the root surface and oriented substantially parallel to the axis, the first position markers circumferentially spaced from one another, at least one second position marker extending from the root surface and positioned between two adjacent first position markers at an angle thereto, the at least one second position marker having an end positioned adjacent to the first edge and non-flush therewith, and at least one sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device and configured to detect a passage of the first position markers and the at least one second position marker as the feedback device rotates about the axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200324876A1 BLADE ANGLE POSITION FEEDBACK SYSTEM WITH PROFILED MARKER TERMINATIONS Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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