US Patent Issued to The Boeing on April 14 for "Covering system and method for a pitch link of a helicopter" (Delaware, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,461, issued on April 14, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Covering system and method for a pitch link of a helicopter" was invented by Antonio Paesano (Wilmington, Del.), Douglas R. Ludin (Malvern, Pa.) and Howard Rolleston (Glen Mills, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering system and method for a pitch link of a helicopter include a boot having a bellows, and a cap removably secured to the boot. The boot and the cap are configured to cover at least a portion of the pitch link. The cap is removable from the boot to provide access to the pitch link."

The patent was filed on May 8, 2023, under Application No....