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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Bombardier Inc., Dorval, CA;
Inventors:
Claude Lavoie, Laval, CA;
Marek Hicar, Hudson, CA;
Assignee:
BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H02J 4/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H02H 3/08 (2013.01); H02J 4/00 (2013.01); B64D 2041/002 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating an auxiliary power unit (APU) of an aircraft are described. The method comprises obtaining external environment parameters of the aircraft, determining an available output power for the APU as a function of the external environment parameters, and setting an overcurrent protection threshold of the APU to a level associated with the available output power.