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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph R Maciolek, Milford, CT (US);
Edmond D Diamond, Huntington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; B64C / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364434 ; 244 1713 ; 244180 ; 244181 ; 318580 ; 318594 ; 364433 ;
Abstract
An electrically controlled (16) mechanical actuator (13) is driven by optically generated (23) electrical power through an optically controlled (28) switch (26) in an electrically isolated module (20). Optical transducers (54, 62, 70) and feedback (29), as well as optical inputs (40, 89, etc.) to electrical signal processing equipment (46, 47, 49) in an electrically isolated module (22) dictate the electrical control (28). A helicopter flight control system is wholly digital, with solar remote power and optical intercommunication.