Patents by Inventor Dennis L. Fetters

Dennis L. Fetters has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5163815
    Abstract: A rotor blade control mechanism includes a transmission driving a hollow rotating drive shaft, extending through the transmission. A rotor head is attached to a top end of the drive shaft and includes rotor blade shafts of variable pitch and having control arm and lengths for cyclic and collective variation of the rotor blade shafts. A control regulates the rotor head control and lengths and includes at least a pair of rods extending through the hollow drive shaft with upper ends operably connected to the rotor head control arm and links and lower ends terminating substantially at a drive shaft bottom end. The control includes a fork with spaced fingers at the drive shaft bottom end and a yoke with spaced arms positioned in opposed relation to the fork. The yoke has a mounting block extending between the arms with the control rod lower ends swingably connected to the mounting block. A swing pin extends perpendicular to the yoke, through the mounting block, and is retained in the fork by the spaced fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1992
    Inventor: Dennis L. Fetters