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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Thomas Cravener, Arlington, TX (US);
Andrew Maresh, Colleyville, TX (US);
Jonathan Andrew Knoll, Alvarado, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/28 (2006.01); B64C 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 11/04 (2013.01); B64C 27/28 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for retaining a folded proprotor blade in flight. The system includes a mounting plate, a first arm coupled to the mounting plate at an acute angle relative to the mounting plate, and a first deformable pad affixed to the first arm and adapted to contact the folded proprotor blade.