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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2025
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventor:
Nicholas Bown, Corsham, GB;
Assignee:
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Cheltenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 7/00 (2013.01); F05D 2260/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example apparatus includes a propeller assembly including a blade and a propeller shaft, the propeller shaft including a first gallery and a second gallery; and a beta tube rotationally fixed to the propeller shaft, the beta tube axially translating with respect to the propeller shaft, the beta tube including a first connection, the first connection to provide hydraulic fluid to a pitch chamber to adjust a pitch of the blade to a first pitch angle, the first connection fluidly coupled to the first gallery of the propeller shaft based on a position of the beta tube.