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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110248121 | Apparatus and Method for Backup Control in a Distributed Flight Control System Embodiments of the invention relate to a flight control system for controlling an aircraft during flight. The flight control system may include a primary controller configured to receive an input from a pilot and to output a primary control signal and a primary transmis... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110210210 | Secure Monitoring and Control Device for Aircraft Piloting Actuator A monitoring and control device for an aircraft actuator includes a control module, delivering control signals for the actuator and position signals for the actuator determined according to control messages received from a piloting management system of the aircraft, and... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110084173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC LOAD ALLEVIATION TO A HIGH LIFT SURFACE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR TO A LANDING FLAP SYSTEM, OF AN AIRCRAFT A method and a device for providing automatic load alleviation to a high lift surface system, in particular to a landing flap system, of an aircraft when a blockage occurs, wherein in response to a control signal emitted by a control device at least one high lift surfac... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20100301170 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACTUATION SYSTEM A method for controlling a plant assembly includes providing a plant assembly having a first plant including a first sensor that monitors the first plant. The plant assembly further includes a second plant in communication with the first plant. The second plant includes... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100288886 | Aircraft High Lift System and Method for Determining an Operating Condition of an Aircraft High Lift System The present disclosure relates to an aircraft high lift system with at least one load station for actuating a flap of a wing, preferably a landing flap and/or a leading-edge flap, at least one transmission with transmission portions located between branch transmissions,... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100258678 | AIRCRAFT STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM A stall protection system for use with an aircraft may have at least one sensor configured to provide an indication of a pressure differential associated with airflow across an airfoil, and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor. The controller may b... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100044518 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC LOAD ALLEVIATION TO A HIGH LIFT SURFACE SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR TO A LANDING FLAP SYSTEM, OF AN AIRCRAFT A method and a device for providing automatic load alleviation to a high lift surface system, in particular to a landing flap system, of an aircraft when a blockage occurs, wherein in response to a control signal emitted by a control device at least one high lift surfac... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090152404 | LIMITED AUTHORITY AND FULL AUTHORITY MODE FLY-BY-WIRE FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACE ACTUATION CONTROL SYSTEM An aircraft flight control surface actuation control system includes an actuator control unit and a flight control module. The actuator control unit includes at least two independent actuator control channels to generate limited authority flight control surface actuator... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090114764 | Automatic conversion system for tiltrotor aircraft One embodiment of the present invention is a method for automatically controlling the conversion of a tiltrotor aircraft. An airspeed command for the tiltrotor aircraft is received. The airspeed command is converted to a pylon position. A difference between the airspeed... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090020651 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT ABOUT A PILOTING AXIS The flight-control device (1) makes it possible, by offsetting part of a flight command according to a particular flight path to obtain the same control as is obtained with usual flight control, but without flexible excitation that generates discomfort in the air... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080255713 | Dynamic Adjustment of Wing Surfaces for Variable Camber The movable surfaces affecting the camber of a wing are dynamically adjusted to optimize wing camber for optimum lift/drag ratios under changing conditions during a given flight phase. In a preferred embodiment, an add-on dynamic adjustment control module provides comma... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080179463 | Device for Compensating for the Mechanical Play of a Helicopter Flight Control The present invention relates to helicopter automatic piloting equipment. The automatic piloting device for helicopter acts on flight controls of the helicopter that are affected by mechanical play by means of a group of mechanically irreversible rams termed series rams... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20070080261 | Method for load limitation in drive systems for a high lift system for aeroplanes The invention relates to a device for load limitation in a aircraft high lift system, said system comprising individual segments of landing flap systems and slat flap systems, and a drive unit. The inventive device for load limitation comprises a control unit that is co... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060060719 | AN AERONAUTICAL HIGH-LIFT SYSTEM WITH AN OVERLOAD SAFETY DEVICE An aeronautical high-lift system comprising a drive unit, elements for the transmission of the drive energy to drive stations of individual segments of landing flap/slat flap systems as well as comprising an overload safety device, with the overload safety device having... | 03/23/2006 |
