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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jared Mark Paulson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Tyler Wayne Baldwin, Keller, TX (US);
Kyle Thomas Cravener, Watauga, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/52 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 27/48 (2013.01); B64C 27/52 (2013.01); B64C 29/0008 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A folding yoke comprising a center yoke pivotally connected to separate foldable flexible yoke arms permits rotor blade fold about a single through bolt connection inboard of a set of bearings. In use, the compact folded arrangement of the rotor blades reduces folded aircraft dimensions in response to ever increasing restricted storage space parameters.