US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on April 7 for "Hybrid pitch bearing for rigid rotor" (Connecticut, Texas, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,047, issued on April 7, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Hybrid pitch bearing for rigid rotor" was invented by Kevin A. Laitenberger (Beacon Falls, Conn.), Claude George Matalanis (Monroe, Conn.), Yair Preiss (Norwalk, Conn.), Joseph Thomas Palombo (Richmondville, N.Y.) and Andrew Hunt (League City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub, a rotor blade coupling coupled to the rotor hub, a hub extender coupled to the rotor hub, and a first bearing assembly. The first bearing assembly includes a clevis coupled to the hub extender and including two arm...