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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP., Longueil, CA;
Abstract
A propeller control unit for an aircraft propulsion system including a propeller is provided. The propeller control unit includes an actuator, a pump, a flow regulator, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The actuator is configured to control a pitch of each of the propeller blades. The pump is configured to direct hydraulic fluid to the actuator. The flow regulator is in fluid communication with the pump and configured to control a hydraulic fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid downstream of the pump. The pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the pump and upstream of the actuator. The pressure sensor is configured to measure the hydraulic fluid pressure and generate a hydraulic fluid pressure signal. The controller includes a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor the hydraulic fluid pressure signal.