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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kirk Landon Groninga, Keller, TX (US);
Brent Chadwick Ross, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/14 (2006.01); B64C 27/72 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 35/04 (2006.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 27/72 (2013.01); B64D 31/14 (2013.01); B64D 35/04 (2013.01); B64U 10/10 (2023.01); B64U 30/20 (2023.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a first rotor system having a rotor blade having an axis of rotation, a rotatable inboard drive component, and a rotatable outboard drive component. The first rotor system further includes a flexible closed loop component associated with each of the inboard drive component and the outboard drive component. Movement of the closed loop component can selectively cause at least one of rotation of the rotor blade about the axis of rotation and movement of the axis of rotation.