ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,986, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Inertial weight system for main rotor blades" was invented by Bryan Huber (Keller, Texas), Brian Erik Barnes (Bedford, Texas) and Gary Miller (North Richland Hills, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor-blade weight-carrier system includes a weight carrier positioned within a rotor blade and a plurality of weights positioned within the weight carrier."
The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/545,704.
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