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Payload touchdown detection

US9315268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Harshad S. Sane · Southbury, US
Igor Cherepinsky · Sandy Hook, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/0858
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to obtaining data associated with at least one aircraft flight parameter when an aircraft is being operated in flight; processing the data to determine that the at least one aircraft flight parameter indicates a change in value in an amount greater than a threshold; and decoupling a load from the aircraft based on determining that the at least one aircraft flight parameter indicates the change in value in the amount greater than the threshold.

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