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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
Inventor:
Jagoda Krzywon, Longueuil, CA;
Assignee:
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueuil, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/385 (2013.01); B64C 11/38 (2013.01); F05D 2260/406 (2013.01); F05D 2260/74 (2013.01); F05D 2260/79 (2013.01);
Abstract
A propeller control unit (PCU) has: a pitch angle actuator; a valve operable to selectively fluidly connect the pitch angle actuator with a source of oil for controlling pitch angles of blades of a propeller and with a drain line for draining oil out of the pitch angle actuator for feathering the blades; and a bypass line having an inlet hydraulically between the valve and an inlet of the drain line, the bypass line having an outlet hydraulically between the inlet of the drain line and an outlet of the drain line.