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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Christopher Foskey, Keller, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
Richard Rauber, Euless, TX (US);
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a spinner fairing assembly comprising a spinner configured to be fixed relative to a gimbaled yoke coupled to a mast system, and a spinner base configured to be fixed relative to the mast system. A spinner fairing assembly comprising a spinner aligned along a first axis, and a spinner base aligned along a second axis and configured to interface with the spinner, wherein the spinner is configured to transition between a neutral position and a canted position with respect to the spinner base, wherein the first axis and the second axis are coincident in the neutral position, and wherein the first axis and the second axis are not coincident and meet at an origin within the spinner in the canted position.