The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Maresh, Colleyville, TX (US);
Kyle Cravener, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 11/04 (2006.01); B64C 11/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/37 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/322 (2013.01); B64C 11/04 (2013.01); B64C 11/28 (2013.01); B64C 27/37 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a blade lock assembly, which may include a drag brace coupled to a fold crank assembly and to a rotary wing blade and may further include an actuator assembly configured to be coupled to a rotary wing cuff. The actuator assembly may include an actuator pin housing, an actuation pin at least partially sheathed by the actuator pin housing, and an actuator configured to extend and retract the actuation pin away from and toward the actuator pin housing.