Patents by Inventor Kelli Yates

Kelli Yates 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).

  • Rotor span-balance pocket
    Patent number: 10822075
    Abstract: The present invention includes a span-balance pocket in a surface of a rotor blade, the span-balance pocket including an inboard surface and an outboard surface; and one or more weights disposed in the span-balance pocket to span-balance the rotor blade; and at least one of one or more retention devices to retain the one or more weights against the outboard surface of the span-balance pocket or the span-balance pocket is machined or molded into a tip block of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Paul Sherrill, Tim Ledbetter, Kelli Yates, Robert Self, Nathan Green, Russell Cole
  • ROTOR SPAN-BALANCE POCKET
    Publication number: 20190031327
    Abstract: The present invention includes a span-balance pocket in a surface of a rotor blade, the span-balance pocket including an inboard surface and an outboard surface; and one or more weights disposed in the span-balance pocket to span-balance the rotor blade; and at least one of one or more retention devices to retain the one or more weights against the outboard surface of the span-balance pocket or the span-balance pocket is machined or molded into a tip block of the rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Sherrill, Tim Ledbetter, Kelli Yates, Robert Self, Nathan Green, Russell Cole