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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kirk Landon Groninga, Keller, TX (US);
Daniel Bryan Robertson, Southlake, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/80 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/58 (2006.01); B64C 5/06 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/52 (2006.01); B64C 27/57 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2006.01); B64C 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/80 (2013.01); B64C 5/06 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 13/24 (2013.01); B64C 27/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/52 (2013.01); B64C 27/57 (2013.01); B64C 27/58 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A differential thrust vectoring system including a first thruster rotation assembly configured to rotate a first thruster relative of an aircraft, a second thruster rotation assembly configured to rotate a second thruster of an aircraft, and an actuator. The system is configured such that actuation of the actuator causes disparate rotation about the tilt axis of the first and second thrusters.