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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2020
Applicants:

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh, Donauworth, DE;

Airbus Helicopters, Marignane, FR;

Inventors:

Boris Grohmann, Munich, DE;

Thomas Rohr, Augsburg, DE;

Nicolas Avril, Saint Marc Jaumegarde, FR;

Axel Guse, Tapfheim, DE;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0018 (2020.02); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 60/005 (2020.02);
Abstract

A vehicle control system for controlling a vehicle and to a method of operating such a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system may include an inceptor adapted for controlling a servo-assisted control unit via a mechanical linkage, first and second force generating devices that are mechanically connected to the inceptor in parallel and provided for generating respective first and second forces that act in operation on the inceptor, a hands-on/off detection management unit, and a decoupling device that mechanically decouples the second force generating device from the inceptor based on a control signal from the hands-on/off detection management unit.


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