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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Bruno Stefes, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2006.01); B64C 9/34 (2006.01); B64C 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 23/06 (2013.01); B64C 9/34 (2013.01); B64C 13/36 (2013.01); B64C 2230/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex generator control system for a controlling an aircraft vortex generator arrangement comprising a controller configured to receive one or more deploy or retract command signals from a flight control unit and further configured to send one or more command signals to a fluid control valve, a fluid pressure sensor configured to sense one or more pressure values from an actuator of the vortex generator arrangement and to signal the pressure value(s) to the controller, wherein the fluid control valve is configured to control fluid transfer between the actuator and a reservoir in response to a command signal from the controller.