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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:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
May. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard J Doolin, Southbury, CT (US);
Thomas J Toner, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 1711 ; 244 / ; 416142 ;
Abstract
A helicopter with a retractable rotor for transport wherein the rotor and its blades, the swashplate, the pitch change rods and support mast are lowered or raised in unison by the hydraulic flight control servos as commanded by the helicopter computerized flight control when being commanded by special rotor retraction/extension software.