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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2008
Neal W. Muylaert, Apache Junction, AZ (US);
Lyndon Claudius Lamborn, Mesa, AZ (US);
Mark Stephen Durst, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Neal W. Muylaert, Apache Junction, AZ (US);
Lyndon Claudius Lamborn, Mesa, AZ (US);
Mark Stephen Durst, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a rigid rotor assembly configured to allow rotation of helicopter rotor blades attached to the rigid rotor assembly from a deployed position to a stowed position. The rigid rotor assembly includes a base including a shaft extending therethrough, a first spindle configured to engage the shaft, and a second spindle configured for placement onto the shaft. The second spindle is operable to maintain a first position with respect to the first spindle via an attachment mechanism therebetween, the second spindle further operable to maintain a second position with respect to the first spindle via the attachment mechanism.