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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:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Charles E. Long, Rockford, IL (US);
Dean A. Norem, Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Raymond N. Weyl, Rockford, IL (US);
Ricky D. Reimers, Rockford, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles E. Long, Rockford, IL (US);
Dean A. Norem, Cherry Valley, IL (US);
Raymond N. Weyl, Rockford, IL (US);
Ricky D. Reimers, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 35/00 (2006.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An aircraft includes a powerplant system operable to power a main rotor system and a secondary thrust system, the secondary thrust system is selectively driven through operation of a clutch system, and a clutch system synchronization time corresponds to a response time of the powerplant system.