US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on June 23 for "Double hinged tilting mount for coaxial contra rotating electric propulsion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,244, issued on June 23, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Double hinged tilting mount for coaxial contra rotating electric propulsion" was invented by Terrance James Elliott Storey (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Dustin Eli Gamble (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and Matthew Curran (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for controlling the orientation of a counterrotating rotor includes a main connecting member having a first and second end. A first connecting member, with a coupling end and an outer end, is rotatably coupled to the first end of the main connecting member via a hinge defining a ...