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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeffrey A Kahler, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G01C / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364434 ; 364443 ; 364453 ; 244179 ; 244181 ;
Abstract
A flight path control apparatus for controlling an aircraft to execute a capture maneuver of a predetermined heading or track and provide a roll correction signal for controlling the path of said aircraft along an exponential transition curve. The corrective heading or track signal .DELTA..psi. is generated in accordance with ##EQU1## where .DELTA..psi. is the magnitude of the corrective heading or track command signal,