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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Shyhpyng Jack Shue, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); B64C 13/22 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/22 (2013.01); B64C 13/04 (2013.01); B64C 13/20 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64D 45/0031 (2019.08); B64D 45/0034 (2019.08); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a control manager is disposed between the rotor system and the flight control inceptor. The control manager is configured to receive control commands wirelessly from a ground control station, translate the control commands into one or more axes associated with the flight control inceptor, and transmit the translated control commands to the rotor system in place of the instructions received from the pilot via the flight control inceptor.