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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2024
Unmanned Aerospace Llc, La Jolla, CA (US);
Gad Shaanan, La Jolla, CA (US);
Unmanned Aerospace LLC, La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
A blade pitch detection apparatus for an aircraft having a lower rotor hub assembly and an upper rotor hub assembly, the upper rotor hub assembly including a blade pitch adjustment linkage configured to maintain the rotor blades at a first blade pitch while a rotational velocity of the upper rotor hub assembly is below a threshold and to maintain the rotor blades at a second blade pitch while the rotational velocity is above a threshold. The pitch detection apparatus includes a magnet coupled to a component of the blade pitch adjustment linkage and a sensor coupled to a component of the lower rotor hub assembly and configured to generate a signal in the presence of the magnet. Processing circuitry in communication with the sensor can determine whether the plurality of rotor blades are at the first blade pitch or the second blade pitch based on the signals.