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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2019
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Daniel A. Broderick, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Stephen Firkser, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Anthony Pellegrino, Marlton, NJ (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a blade pitch system having a set of locking holes. A pitch drive assembly is coupled to the blade pitch system and configured to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise within a range of angular degrees to adjust a blade pitch angle. The system includes a pitch lock pin-and-hole system including an interface plate and at least one blade pitch lock assembly coupled to the interface plate. Each lock assembly includes a locking pin having a pin center axis parallel with a center axis of a locking hole to engage a respective one locking hole of the set to lock the blade pitch angle.