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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:

Textron Aviation Inc., Wichita, KS (US);

Inventors:

Mark Sheridan Hunter, Colwich, KS (US);

Ronald J. Parker, Maize, KS (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations, Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 11/02 (2006.01); B64D 31/04 (2006.01); B64D 31/14 (2006.01); F02D 11/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/57 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/1497 (2013.01); B64D 31/04 (2013.01); B64D 31/14 (2013.01); F02D 11/02 (2013.01); F02D 11/105 (2013.01); F02D 41/0225 (2013.01); F16H 59/0217 (2013.01); F16H 59/0278 (2013.01); B64C 27/57 (2013.01); F16H 2059/0282 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a throttle quadrant arrangement utilizing a throttle lever mechanically connected to three Rotary Variable Differential Transformers (RVDTs). The signals from the RVDTs are monitored by a process where the processing component. More specifically, RVDT outputs are monitored by the engine control system to determine if they are outside a predetermined range of operability. If an RVDT is not operable, the engine control system establishes a thrust output using the signal from one of the functional two. If only one or none are within the range, the system moves on to a default mode.


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