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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Daniel George Schuster, Bethlehem, CT (US);
David N. Schmaling, Southbury, CT (US);
Evan S. Tobin, Shelton, CT (US);
Eric M. Bogert, Wallingford, CT (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub including a hub arm and a central opening. The rotor assembly further includes a hydraulic actuation cylinder positioned in the central opening, a pitch change shaft assembly including a pitch change shaft positioned partially within the hydraulic actuation cylinder, a pitch beam coupled to a distal end of the pitch change shaft and configured to be coupled to a rotor blade rotatably mounted to the hub arm. The rotor assembly additionally includes at least one guide rod coupled to the rotor hub and slidably coupled to an opening in the pitch change shaft.