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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

May. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

David N. Schmaling, Southbury, CT (US);

David H. Hunter, Cheshire, CT (US);

Andrew C. Goodwin, Shelton, CT (US);

Assignee:

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/80 (2006.01); B64C 27/48 (2006.01); B64C 27/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/80 (2013.01); B64C 27/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/48 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotor blade assembly of an aircraft. The rotor blade assembly includes a blade attachment assembly rotatable with respect to a rotor hub assembly of the aircraft about a blade fold axis, and a pitch control assembly. The pitch control assembly includes a horn mount attachable to the rotor hub assembly, and a teeter bar hingedly attached to the horn mount at an interface, the interface defining a pitch control fold axis. The pitch control assembly is foldable about the pitch control fold axis when the pitch control fold axis is aligned with the blade fold axis.


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