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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Textron Innovations Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
James Everett Kooiman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Michael E. Rinehart, Euless, TX (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Hudson Oaks, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tiltrotor aircraft is described and includes a rotor system, a pylon coupled to the rotor system, a spindle coupled to the pylon, an actuator arm coupled to the spindle, and an actuator. The actuator can cause the actuator arm to rotate, thereby causing the spindle to rotate the pylon and the rotor system. In an example, the actuator is in front of a forward spar of the wing of the tiltrotor aircraft and the actuator arm is about one-half (0.5) of an inch to about five (5) inches from the wing.