US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on May 12 for "Tunable blade assembly, a blade assembly, and a method of controlling vibration" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,773, issued on May 12, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Tunable blade assembly, a blade assembly, and a method of controlling vibration" was invented by Adam Ian Nadel (Vienna, Va.), Lauren Marie Butt (Roanoke, Va.) and Matthew Krott (Reston, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example blade assembly includes a blade extending along a longitudinal axis between a root end and a tip end spaced from the root end, wherein: the blade is configured to rotate concurrently with a hub and rotation of the blade generates vibrations in the blade, and the blade defines a cavity spaced from the tip end; and a tunable control...