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Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;

Inventors:

Ella Yakobov, Montreal, CA;

James Robert Jarvo, Saint Bruno de Montarville, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/30 (2006.01); B64D 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/0005 (2013.01); B64C 11/30 (2013.01); B64C 11/301 (2013.01); B64D 35/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft propeller control system for an aircraft propeller with adjustable blade angle has a blade angle feedback ring and a sensor, one of which is mounted for rotation with the propeller. The blade angle feedback ring moves longitudinally along with adjustment of the blade angle and has position markers circumferentially spaced apart at distances that vary along a longitudinal axis. The sensor is positioned adjacent the feedback ring for producing signals indicative of passage of the position markers. Intervals between signals are indicative of circumferential distances between position markers. A controller measures longitudinal position of the feedback ring based on the intervals and is configured to produce a warning signal if the longitudinal position is outside a first threshold range.


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