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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123177 | Input system for a landing flap control of an aircraft An input system (2) for a landing flap control of an aircraft. In order to make the input system (2) compact, light and reliable, it is provided with a selector lever (4) mounted pivotably by a shaft unit (10) for the input of a landing f... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8083186 | Input/steering mechanisms and aircraft control systems for use on aircraft Input/steering mechanisms and aircraft control systems are provided. In an embodiment, by way of example only, an input/steering mechanism is provided for use with an aircraft control system. The input/steering mechanism includes a yoke that includes a hub, an alpha... | 12/27/2011 |
| 6830223 | Force sensor rod A force sensor rod for an aircraft actuator system. The force sensor rod is constructed from a tube and a force sensing transducer. The force sensing transducer has a body containing a force responsive primary element and electronic circuitry. The force sensing tran... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6732979 | Steer-by-wire tiller with position feel system A system and a method for generating a signal to control a steering mechanism and an aircraft using the system are disclosed. A tiller module includes a moveable tiller base configured to moveably respond to a steering signal. The tiller module also includes a tille... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6644600 | Method and system for providing manipulation restraining forces for a stick controller on an aircraft A system and method for providing variable motion-resisting loads for a side stick controller on an aircraft where the primary resistive load is provided by a mechanical spring mechanism which is augmented or supplemented by an electric servo motor and el... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6276640 | Device for assisting with retrimming an aircraft control A device for re-trimming a pilot control of an aircraft to keep a flight parameter at a reference value includes a first detection means for detecting the actual position of the pilot control, a calculation unit for determining the direction and magnitude... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5791596 | Process and device for the control of the rudder of an aircraft A device for controlling a rudder of an aircraft has at least two servo-systems each including at least one electric control input. At least one of the servo-systems is a mixed servo-system that also has a mechanical control input. When an engine fault oc... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5746398 | Force-gradient cyclic stick system for a helicopter A cyclic stick system for a helicopter includes sensors for measuring at least one parameter representative of the current flight status of the helicopter. In response to the at least one parameter, the cyclic stick system either (1) continuously and auto... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5735490 | Control device with a control stick, particularly a servo sidestick for aircraft A control device with a control stick, wherein the control stick is moved by an irreversible actuator controlled by a computer, and the computer controls the position of the actuator and thus the movement of the control stick, and slaves the control colum... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5522568 | Position stick with automatic trim control Automatic trim control for a position stick. Strain gauges are mounted with respect to the position stick so as to generate signals proportional to the force manually exerted upon the control stick. The signals from the strain gauges are used to control t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503040 | Computer interface device A computer interface device includes a gimbal mounted handle having a plurality of input members for effectively communicating navigation and command signals to a computer. This invention provides a user with six degrees of freedom for navigation within a... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5403155 | Power management for a turbine powered helicopter An engine control system for a helicopter having at least one engine is provided, including an electronic engine control unit for each engine and further including a manually operated system for backing up each electronic engine control unit in the event ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5264768 | Active hand controller feedback loop An active hand controller system is provided wherein a feedback loop detects the position of a control stick to control a motor driving the control stick to thereby provide certain force feel characteristics to the control stick. The feedback loop include... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5252068 | Weight-shift flight control transducer and computer controlled flight simulator, hang gliders and ultralight aircraft utilizing the same The weight-shift movements of a suspended pilot are transformed into electrical signals representative of the movements. The signals may be used as the pitch and roll input information in an interactive computerized flight simulation system. The signals m... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5188316 | Aircraft autothrottle system The throttle of an aircraft can be alternatively controlled either by a flight control computer or by the manual control of the pilot. A clutch is installed between the throttle control lever and a control input to the flight control computer which in the... | 02/23/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5149023 | Mechanically-linked side stick controllers with isolated pitch and roll control movement Side stick controllers with isolated pitch and roll control movement may be mechanically linked. A control stick mechanism includes a hand-operated control member (10, 10') movable to swing about two axes of rotation (12, 14). A first lever member (16, 16... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5143330 | Control apparatus Control apparatus comprises a throttle stick suitable for STOVL aircraft which incorporates vectorable nozzle control means with thrust demand, thus obviating the need for a separate control lever for controlling vectorable nozzles. A handle (10) rotates ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142931 | 3 degree of freedom hand controller A hand controller which includes a hand grip having therein a gimble mechanism for allowing rotatory motion about three axes which intersect in the interior of the hand grip and from which motion transmitting members allow the motions about the three axes... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5128671 | Control device having multiple degrees of freedom A hand-held joystick has spaced-apart groups of accelerometers and is free to move or rotate on multiple axes. Each group has, for example, three mutually perpendicular accelerometers, with each one producing an electrical signal responsive to linear acce... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5121889 | Electronic foot controls A six-way foot control device has a toe portion pivotally mounted to a heel portion so that two directions of angular toe displacement may be realized about a neutral position. The heel portion is itself pivotally mounted to permit two directions of sidew... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5076517 | Programmable, linear collective control system for a helicopter A helicopter programmable collective control system includes a motorized collective control stick 2 used in conjunction with a multi-axis control stick 30, with the multi-axis control stick 30 as the default collective controller. A collective control sig... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4947701 | Roll and pitch palm pivot hand controller A two-axis hand controller including a human interface to simulate feel parameters for use in a vehicle having a pitch axis and a roll axis. A hollow grip having a base end is connected to a swash plate through a rigid connecting member. A universal joint... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4895039 | Hand controller having pivot axis for minimizing forearm movement A hand controller for a control system, such as a flight control system, includes a control grip and an support assembly for supporting an operator's forearm so that the operator's wrist joint and hand extend forwardly of the support assembly and the oper... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4696445 | Collective control system for a helicopter Pilot workload is reduced in a helicopter having a force-type, multi-axis sidearm control stick by providing a displacement-type control stick for collective blade pitch control. Either stick may be used by the pilot. When the force-type stick is employed... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4555960 | Six degree of freedom hand controller The invention relates to a 6 degree of freedom hand controller. The hand controller includes a handgrip member which is substantially spherical in shape and which includes a point disposed substantially centrally of the member. An elongated shaft member s... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4531080 | Controller A controller for producing electrical control signals has a relatively stationary supporting section providing an upwardly facing hand supporting surface and an upward projection, and has a stick-like control section mounted on a first gimbal joint on top... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4470570 | Control assembly for aircraft A pedal control assembly for a pilot station of an aircraft. The pedals are arranged in a module for linear sliding movement and position sensing members transmit appropriate signals to control components of the aircraft.... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4441676 | Force control member assemblies A force control member assembly 1 comprises a force control member unit 2 carried by an intermediate member 3, the intermediate member 3 itself being attached to a fixed bracket 4 by pivot means 5 allowing resilient movement of the intermediate member 3 w... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4437351 | Control stick force transducer In combination with a control stick having a grip handle, a control stick force transducer includes a flexure means having a pair of parallel plates, one secured to the grip handle and one secured to the control stick and at least three compliant columns ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4366768 | Power steering direction sensor A plastic material, preferably polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film, made highly piezoelectric by known methods, is placed in a sensor unit structure wherein pressure is exerted against the piezoelectric film by means of rotation of the steering wheel of t... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4348142 | Six-axes manipulator A six-axes manipulator consists of a central tubular support 30 equipped with four bearings A, B, C, D at 90° to each other, disposed in a plane XOY perpendicular to the axis ZZ' of the tubular support, a ring 110 with a diameter larger than that of a se... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4217569 | Three dimensional strain gage transducer There is provided a single lever joystick having movement in X and Y directions and rotation about a further axis Z wherein axes X, Y and Z are substantially perpendicular. The joystick can be moved in all three senses at the same time. Movement of the jo... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4198021 | Control systems A control system for controlling displacement of the aerodynamic control-surfaces of an aircraft includes a first signal processor that is supplied with input signals from the pilot's control column and also with predominantly lower-frequency components o... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4150803 | Two axes controller A two axis controller for controlling a tanker aircraft in-flight refueling boom while maneuvering prior to engagement with the receiver aircraft and including a boom load alleviation system after engagement. Movement of the control stick is transmitted m... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4132378 | Control system for aircraft A control system for generating a control signal at a first station, transmitting the control signal to a second station, and processing the control signal at the second station to provide a controlled output. At least some of the processing equipment at ... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4127245 | Helicopter pitch rate feedback bias for pitch axis maneuvering stability and load feel The longitudinal cyclic pitch channel of a helicopter has a negative pitch rate feedback bias added thereto when flying at higher speeds, thereby to stabilize the pitch axis against aft-load maneuvering instability and/or to induce a requirement for the p... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4071209 | Vehicle control system incorporating a compensator to stabilize the inherent dynamics thereof A control system is specifically designed to improve the performance of an aircraft or other vehicle having undesirable dynamic characteristics. For this purpose there is employed a compensator, either hydromechanical or electrical (hydro-electrical) depe... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4046005 | Three axis joystick control A device for generating isometric control signals in three axes is formed of a shaft having opposed pairs of strain gauges mounted thereon at angles to the shaft axis. One end of the shaft is fixed and the opposite free end is operable by the fingers. Ele... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4004537 | Steering mechanism A manual steering wheel or the like is connected through a rotatable flexible cable and a double-acting free wheeling clutch to a rotatable element controlling the position of a steering member such as a boat's rudder. A servo motor is also connected thro... | 01/25/1977 |
