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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:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger D Peckham, Glendale, AZ (US);
Michael R Kelley, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364433 ; 244181 ; 244186 ;
Abstract
A path capture forcing function generator utilizes integrations from an initial altitude rate error signal and an initial altitude error signal to provide an altitude rate signal and an altitude signal which are compared to the altitude rate error and altitude error signals to provide path rate error and path error signals to the autopilot. In the process of providing the altitude rate and altitude error signals an altitude acceleration signal is established which is used as a feed forward predictor for expected normal acceleration of the aircraft.