The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Edward Foskey, Keller, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/50 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 29/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary clamp system for securing a proprotor blade in a stowed position includes a clamp having a pair of opposing pads operable between an open position to receive a portion of a proprotor blade between the pair of opposing pads and a closed position to grip the portion of the proprotor blade with the pair of opposing pads and a rotary actuator in connection with the clamp to operate the clamp between the open and the closed position.