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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Thomas Cravener, Watauga, TX (US);
Paul Sherrill, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/06 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/57 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/008 (2013.01); B64C 27/57 (2013.01); B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
The aircraft includes a rotor. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor blades. The aircraft further includes a non-rotating aircraft component. A proximity sensor is disposed with at least one of the non-rotating aircraft component and the rotor blades. A flight control computer is electrically coupled to the proximity sensor.