US Patent Issued to Lockheed Martin on Oct. 6 for "Method of stabilizing articulated rotor blade" (Connecticut, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,914, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).

"Method of stabilizing articulated rotor blade" was invented by Joshua A. Breon (Lafayette, Ind.), Eric S. Parsons (Middlebury, Conn.), Christopher M. Sutton (Milford, Conn.), William Paul Adams (Norwalk, Conn.), Timothy James Conti (Shelton, Conn.), Jared Anapolle (Stratford, Conn.) and Evan Medrano (Stratford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor blade includes a spar with forward end, an aft end, and a substantially oval cross-section. The cross-section includes an upper portion tapering from a first thickness to a smaller, second thickness beginn...