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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Jeffrey M. Bosworth, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Kyle T. Cravener, Watauga, TX (US);
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A pitch horn assembly for an aircraft including a blade attachment member having a first end, a second end configured to be coupled to a rotor blade; and a blade attachment axis extending between the first end and the second end of the blade attachment member; a moveable arm configured to be coupled to the blade attachment member at a pitch horn axis, the moveable arm having a first end configured to be coupled to a pitch link; a second end; and a moveable arm axis extending between the first end and the second end of the moveable arm; an extendable member configured to be coupled to the blade attachment member and the moveable arm of the pitch horn, wherein the extendable member moves the moveable arm about the pitch horn axis. An embodiment provides a method of adjusting a pitch-flap coupling in an aircraft.