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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2024
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Erez Eller, Plymouth, CT (US);
Timothy F. Lauder, Oxford, CT (US);
Richard Thomas Hood, Fairfield, CT (US);
Frederick John Miner, Barkhamsted, CT (US);
Brian Anderson, Aledo, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a body having a fuselage and a wing assembly, a main shaft supported for rotation with respect to the body about a rotor axis, and a blade assembly coupled to the main shaft for corotation therewith. The blade assembly includes a rotor hub and a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced about the rotor hub. Each blade is coupled to the rotor hub for rotation about a respective blade axis. The aircraft includes a pitch control system coupled to the blade assembly to rotate each blade about the respective blade axis. The pitch control system includes a slider, a swashplate, a first actuator coupled to the slider, and a second actuator operable to rotate the swashplate assembly with respect to the slider.