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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1989
Arthur P Adamson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a system for reducing the resisting torque which must be overcome in changing pitch of aircraft propeller blades. The resisting torque includes gas twisting moment and centrifugal twisting moment. The invention includes a bearing system which derives a torque from radial motion of the blade, the radial motion being induced by centrifugal force. The derived torque opposes the resisting torque. The derived torque can also be used to not only oppose, but also overcome, the resisting torques. Such overcoming can be desirable because the resisting torques can drive the propeller blades into a flat pitch position if the pitch change mechanism fails.