Inventor · Hurst, TX, US

Cecil E. Covington

16Patents
13h-index
37Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: May 13, 1974 → Apr 19, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4427340A Soft inplane bearingless helicopter rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 66 Expired
US5868351A Rotor blade stowing system Performing Operations; Transporting 61 Expired
US5031858A Apparatus and method for folding and locking rotor blades Performing Operations; Transporting 59 Expired
US4257739A Soft inplane helicopter rotor Performing Operations; Transporting 55 Expired
US5647726A Rotor system vibration absorber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US6616095B2 Coupled aircraft rotor system Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US4252504A Helicopter blade folding system Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US5358381A Yoke for helicopter rotor systems Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US3942910A Grip-yoke assembly with a redundant centrifugal load support Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US4120610A Helicopter blade structure Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6764280B2 Multi-bladed tail rotor hub design for coriolis relief Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US4083656A Composite rotor blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5074753A Rotor blade Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US4306837A Bearingless tail rotor for helicopters Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US7153094B2 Rotor system vibration absorber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US4299540A Tail rotor blade Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.