ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,868, issued on March 31, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Blade position control system" was invented by Lancer Drake Halcom (Coppell, Texas) and Kyle Thomas Cravener (Arlington, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft that has a blade position control system (BPCS). The BPCS includes an actuator, a multilobe component configured for at least one of longitudinal movement along a mast axis as a function of actuation of the actuator and rotational movement relative to the mast axis as a function of actuation of the actuator. Movement of the multilobe component selectively restricts at least one of...