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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2021
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Andrew Paul Haldeman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael Seifert, Southlake, TX (US);
Timothy McClellan Mosig, Richland Hills, TX (US);
Aaron Acee, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Diana R. Tinlin, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Andrew Thomas Carter, Richland Hills, TX (US);
Glenn Thornton Lancaster, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A blade pitch adjustment mechanism includes a pitch cylinder having a first face and pitch slots extending longitudinally from the first face, a blade sleeve having a second face and a blade slot extending longitudinally from the second face, the blade sleeve is configured to be rotationally positioned in the pitch cylinder with the second face located with the first face, wherein the blade slot and the pitch slots are cooperative to form keyway, corresponding to a discrete blade pitch, when the blade slot is aligned with a pitch slot.