Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Emergency collective actuator and method for a helicopter
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Application No.: US15345273Application Date: 2016-11-07
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Publication No.: US09789958B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: John E. Mercer , Mark H. Marvin
- Applicant: Merlin Technology Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Kent
- Assignee: Merlin Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee: Merlin Technology Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Kent
- Agency: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC
- Main IPC: B64C27/57
- IPC: B64C27/57 ; B64C27/59 ; B64C27/04 ; B64C27/00

Abstract:
A helicopter includes a rotor system having a rotor with an adjustable pitch that is controlled at least in part by a pilot using a collective control and which helicopter generates a Low RPM signal that is indicative of a threshold low rotational speed of the rotor. An actuator arrangement can move the collective control by exerting a force on the collective control such that the pilot is able to overcome the actuator force but which otherwise can move the collective control from a current operational position toward a minimum pitch position. A clutch can co-rotate with a motor to serve in transferring the actuation force to reduce the adjustable pitch and can slip relative to the actuator shaft assembly responsive to an application of a counterforce applied by the pilot to the collective control such that the counterforce overcomes the actuation force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170050728A1 EMERGENCY COLLECTIVE ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR A HELICOPTER Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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