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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Ashley Devito, Newtown, CT (US);
Henry E. Voegeli, Newtown, CT (US);
Joseph Pantalone, III, Guilford, CT (US);
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a vehicle including an engine and a rotor including a plurality of rotor blades in a path of exhaust from the engine. The vehicle includes a rotor control assembly configured to connect the rotor to a rotation force source to rotate the rotor and configured to rotate the rotor at a prescribed minimum rotation rate greater than zero based on at least one of disengaging the rotor from the rotation force source and receiving a control signal to disengage the rotor from the rotation force source. The rotor control assembly is designed to rotate the rotor at the prescribed minimum rotation rate based on at least one system attribute of the vehicle that is affected by a rotation rate of the rotor.