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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan C Schilling, Middletown, OH (US);
Charles E Steckle, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4162 / ; 4162 / ; 416217 ; 4162 / ; 416500 ;
Abstract
An aircraft propeller system of the unducted fan type includes a plurality of propeller blades which are respectively fastened to a rotor, rotate about an axis of rotation and also rotate about a pitch axis. Each blade is fastened to the rotor by a hinge which has a pivot axis to reduce the effective stiffness of each blade, the pivot axis being non-parallel to the axis of rotation.