Patents
US 12747033 B2: Cable routing through rotatable-wing aircraft spars
- Granted
- 2026-09-29
- Filed
- 2025-06-30 application 19254436
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A cable routing system described herein relates to facilitating the rotation of wings and a fuselage of a rotatable-wing aircraft via a load transfer structure. In one embodiment, the cable routing system includes a first hollow shaft extending through a first wing attached to a fuselage of an aircraft and a second hollow shaft extending through a second wing attached to the fuselage. The hollow shafts rotate about a pitch axis independently of the fuselage. The cable routing system also includes a load transfer structure coupled to adjacent outlets of the hollow shafts that are within the fuselage. Cables within the hollow shafts exit the adjacent outlets perpendicularly away from a longitudinal axis of the hollow shafts. The load transfer structure facilitates rotation of the hollow shafts.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 (ipgb20260929.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 4,290 patents | US company or organization | Plano, TX | Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
| Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha 30,553 patents | Foreign company or organization | Toyota, JP | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom M. Neuman | Fairfax, VA | 10 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Matthew M Warren | Silver Spring, MD | 3 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 | |
| Frank K. Kozel | Glen Burnie, MD | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B64D | Equipment for fitting in or to aircraft; flight suits; parachutes; arrangement or mounting of power plants or propulsion transmissions in aircraft | B64D47/00 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
| B64C | Aeroplanes; helicopters | B64C1/26 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-29 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NEUMAN, TOM M. signed 2025-06-10 WARREN, MATTHEW M. signed 2025-06-30 KOZEL, FRANK K. signed 2025-06-10 | TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. PLANO, TX TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA-SHI, AICHI-KEN | 71664/592 | PASDL, file of 2026-09-20 |
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