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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Kyle Thomas Cravener, Arlington, TX (US);
Patrick Smith, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Troy Cyril Schank, Keller, TX (US);
Brady Garrett Atkins, Euless, TX (US);
Kynn Jerald Schulte, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/35 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/008 (2013.01); B64C 27/35 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotor-hub flap-measurement system includes a rotor hub operable to flap relative to a main-rotor axis, a flap-linkage arm, a first end of the flap-linkage arm rotatably coupled to the rotor hub, the flap-linkage arm responsive to flapping of the rotor hub, and a magneto-resistive sensor system rotatably coupled to a second end of the flap-linkage arm and responsive to movement of the flap-linkage arm.