Invention Application
- Patent Title: HINGE MECHANISM FOR A WEIGHT-SHIFTING COAXIAL HELICOPTER
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Application No.: US15447845Application Date: 2017-03-02
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Publication No.: US20170320565A1Publication Date: 2017-11-09
- Inventor: DUSTIN E. GAMBLE , Matthew Curran , Brian Miller
- Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Main IPC: B64C27/39
- IPC: B64C27/39 ; B64C27/10 ; B64C39/02 ; B64C27/48 ; B64C27/50

Abstract:
A helicopter includes a gimbal assembly, a first rotor assembly, a second rotor assembly, a fuselage, and a controller. The first rotor assembly, the second rotor assembly, and the fuselage are mechanically coupled to the gimbal assembly. The first rotor assembly includes a first rotor and the second rotor assembly includes a second rotor, the first rotor including a plurality of first fixed-pitch blades and the second rotor including a plurality of second fixed-pitch blades. Each of the plurality of first and the second fixed-pitch blades are coupled to a hub of its respective rotor via a hinge mechanism that is configured to allow each of the fixed-pitch blades to pivot from a first position to a second position, the first position being substantially parallel to the fuselage and the second position being substantially perpendicular to the fuselage.
Public/Granted literature
- US10814968B2 Hinge mechanism for a weight-shifting coaxial helicopter Public/Granted day:2020-10-27
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