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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Bryan Kenneth Baskin, Arlington, TX (US);
Robert D. Higbie, Haslet, TX (US);
Chris P. Butler, Frisco, TX (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A foldable rotor blade assembly includes a first section including a connector assembly including a plurality of through holes and a second section including a connector having a plurality of openings. The connector is receivable within a hollow interior of the first section. A plurality of fasteners insertable within the plurality of through holes and the plurality of openings. A fold assembly is operably coupled to both the first section and the second section. The fold assembly defines a blade fold axis about which the second section is rotatable to transform the rotor blade assembly between a normal configuration when the connector is received within the hollow interior of the first section, and a folded configuration when the connector has rotated outside of the hollow interior of the first section.