Distributed flight control system
US8600583B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D2109/22
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A flight control system for an aircraft, controlling a plurality of actuators adapted to actuate control surfaces of the aircraft, including: at least one communications bus; at least one computer situated in the avionics bay of the aircraft, and adapted to calculate flight commands and to transmit them over the bus in the form of command messages; and at least a first remote terminal connected to the bus, adapted to control a control surface actuator, and to acquire the state of the actuator from information provided by at least a first sensor, the first terminal receiving command messages from the computer and transmitting electrical orders to the actuator as a function of the command messages received in this way, and also transmitting messages to the computer, at its request, relating to the state of the actuator as a function of the information provided by the first sensor.
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