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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331548 | Control linkage for T-tail aircraft elevator surfaces Systems and methods for implementing control linkages that may be employed to produce synchronous motion in two adjacent controlled devices controlled by a common input. In one example implementation, a semi-rigid modified constant velocity (CV) joint control linkag... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7229047 | Aircraft roll disconnect mechanism An aircraft flight control disconnect mechanism between the pilot and co-pilot controls, including a pair of concentrically positioned opposed circular jaws, each jaw having either mating tapered teeth or mating tapered openings, which when the jaws are axially sepa... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7195208 | Multi-device controller for model aircraft Control system for radio-controlled aircraft. The control system includes a control master for simultaneously controlling a group of flight control means, for example, a group of ailerons. A control bar is slidably mounted in the control master and connected to a se... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7040571 | Single pull control horn The present invention concerns a single pull horn with a control arm that may be used to control the movement of a component of a remote or radio-controlled vehicle having a center line. The control arm includes a threaded rod as well as a base member. The base memb... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6913226 | Methods and systems for redundant control and/or failure detection Redundant control systems and/or failure detection systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the control system can include a first control link that transmits control inputs between at least one control input device an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907959 | Electric brake actuating assembly and actuator An electric brake actuator (14), including a rotatable member (21) and electric drive means (34) for driving the rotatable member (21) to rotate. The rotatable member (21) is arranged for engagement with a continuous cable (18 | 06/21/2005 |
| 6796535 | Flap operating system In a flap operating system, left and right actuators for operating left and right flaps are synchronized with each other by left and right pulleys and first and second synchronizing cables wound in an X-shape around the left and right pulleys. If one of the hydrauli... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6772054 | Device for operating a controlled member on a rotary-wing aircraft, particularly a helicopter An apparatus for operating a controlled member on a rotary-wing aircraft is provided with at least one control intended to be subject to the action of a pilot of the rotary-wing aircraft and capable of moving a linkage, a device connected to the linkage for operatin... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6755376 | Dual control horn The present invention concerns a control arm that may be used to control the movement of a component of a radio controlled vehicle having a center line. The control arm includes a threaded rod as well as first and second base members. The base members are positionab... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6675076 | System, autopilot supplement assembly and method for increasing autopilot control authority A system is provided for increasing autopilot control authority in a vehicle, such as aircraft including mechanical control systems. The system includes an autopilot system, a control element and an autopilot supplement assembly. The autopilot system can ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6123291 | Device for controlling an aerodynamic surface for balancing a helicopter in terms of pitch A device for controlling an aerodynamic surface (E) for balancing in terms of pitch a helicopter (He) including a main rotor (R1), the fore-and-aft cyclic pitch of which is controllable by a pitch-control channel (3A) as a function of a pitch control comm... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5924331 | Cable control system having stored energy fail-safe mechanism A cable control system is constructed to isolate a controlled member from uncontrolled motion upon sudden breakage or disconnection of cables in the system. The control system has an input mechanism connected to the controlled member by a control circuit ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5911390 | Bobweight assembly for establishing a force feedback on a manually movable control element A pilot-operated lever assembly for adjusting control surfaces of an aircraft including a bobweight for creating inertia forces that simulate a force feedback due to aerodynamic forces on the control surfaces. The bobweight effect is variable as a functio... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908177 | Flight control system Herein disclosed is a flight control system comprising a control member, a control surface controllable to assume different angle positions within a control angle range, a transmission linkage provided between the control member and the control surface to... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5628477 | Auxiliary airfoil lost motion detector and actuator Apparatus for detecting and signaling a skewing or misalignment of adjacent aircraft leading edge slats is disclosed. A cable is attached to an actuator having a compression spring system and located in an outboard slat. The cable passes through cable gui... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5551652 | Standby control system In an aircraft control system a standby cable system which does not significantly affect existing control system friction, but detects when the primary cables are severed and actuates an alternative elevator control mechanism. The standby cable loop of th... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5538209 | Hardover protection system for an aircraft A hardover protection system for an aircraft. A differential motion sensor is mounted to a sector for receiving cockpit pitch commands input via a cable system. The motion sensor includes a pair of cranks held together by a predetermined spring preload. O... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5217189 | Suspension flight control method and apparatus A flight control apparatus for use in an aircraft includes support structure for suspending a pilot beneath a pair of wings while permitting movement of the pilot relative to the aircraft in the forward, rearward and both lateral directions. A control sys... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5182505 | Aircraft control surface position transducer A retrofit apparatus for providing a signal indicative of the position of an aircraft control surface comprises a rotary coupling flexibly coupled to the control surface, an extensible coupling driven by the rotary coupling, a quadric-chain linkage couple... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5156363 | Helicopter collective stick of the displacement type occupying a minimum space envelope yet whose grip generates an arc of large radius A helicopter collective control stick having a pilot grip positioned by a linkage assembly whose kinematics permits the control stick to occupy a small envelope and to have the pilot grip motion to be about a large radius. Our collective stick includes a ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4967984 | Slaved tandem freewing (STF) and device A system is disclosed wherein two or more lifting surfaces of an aerodynamic, hydrodynamic or other fluid dynamic device may be linked into a single system that in some circumstances improves the functioning of the device. An important species of the inve... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4819896 | Hand-operated aircraft control system A hand-operated control system for aircraft comprises a push-pull cable operatively connected between a hand-operated actuator and an orientation means that controls the orientation of the aircraft during flight. The actuator is mounted on an existing han... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4776543 | Aircraft flying control systems A flying control system for aircraft in which a control circuit comprising a cable and quadrant pulley arrangement is arrange to effect pivotal displacement of a control surface in response to pilot's control demand, the control circuit including system d... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4622913 | Hydrofoil flap control rod system A hydrofoil flap control rod system for communicating forces between an actuator and a hydrofoil flap. Guide (40), having a rectangular conduit defined by its guide surfaces (66, 72, 74 and 88), accommodates a rectangular-shaped control rod (36) upon whic... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4540141 | Fail-safe tail rotor control system Helicopter tail rotor control system having a quadrant (18) with two flexible cables (20,22) wrapped around the quadrant surface in opposing directions and each attached to the quadrant at a point (42,60) opposite to initial contact of the cable with the ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4529155 | Redundant tail rotor control system A flight control system for a helicopter tail rotor having a semicircular quadrant 18 with bell cranks 36, 40 mounted on either end of the quadrant and flexible control cables 20, 22 connected to each bell crank. The bell cranks are spring loaded in oppos... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4318308 | Cable tension regulators There is provided a cable tension regulator having a pivotable hub which is rigid with an operating lever. Two quadrants are pivotably mounted on the hub and have fixed on their peripheries respective cables for connection to a control or controlled eleme... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4198877 | Control cable fail safe device A mechanical apparatus for retaining actuator control in the event of a failure in one of the two cables used to regulate a two cable quadrant type actuator. In response to a cable failure the mechanism transforms the dual cable system into a tension load... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4039162 | Spoiler control system Control system for aircraft wing spoilers in which the amount of centering moment provided by the downwardly moving or aerodynamically inactive spoiler is increased as the aircraft flaps are extended, the control system including a differential linkage me... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3954231 | Control system for forward wing aircraft This invention relates to the arrangement of lifting, stabilizing, and flight controlling, wing surfaces, placed near the front of an aircraft, with main lifting wing surfaces, placed toward the rear. Control surfaces placed rearwardly on the aft fuselage... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3936014 | Hand control apparatus for an aircraft usable by a person lacking use of his legs Hand control apparatus for an aircraft usable by a person lacking use of his legs comprising a handle supported for three independent movements for respectively controlling the course of the aircraft, the throttle, and heating of the carburetor. The handl... | 02/03/1976 |
