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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Matt Kinkead, Milford, CT (US);
Jay Monahan, Toms River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01); B64C 25/06 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01); B64C 27/10 (2023.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 13/04 (2013.01); B64C 25/06 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01); B64C 27/10 (2013.01); B64C 2025/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system for an aircraft, the system including a pilot input device configured to receive a pilot input, a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality of sensors positioned on a corresponding landing gear of the aircraft and configured to sense a parameter on the corresponding landing gear, and a controller in communication with the plurality of sensors, the controller configured to calculate an output command based on the pilot input and the sensed parameters of the landing gear, the output command including instructions for controlling a rotor of the aircraft.