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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher M. Jacobus, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Blain A. Lawson, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Ian A. Halley, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jung Soon Jang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kimberly A. Hinson, Seattle, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for rate and position control modes used in the operations of a telescoping refueling boom system. In one example, a system includes a telescoping tube and an actuator coupled to the telescoping tube and configured to extend and/or retract the telescoping tube. A processor is coupled to the actuator and configured to select a telescoping tube rate control mode and/or a telescoping tube position control mode based on a telescoping tube current position error, a telescoping tube current rate of movement, and a value of a telescoping tube rate command.