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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Samuel T. Clark, Federal Way, WA (US);

Andrew W. Houck, Woodinville, WA (US);

Joseph A. Sikora, Seattle, WA (US);

Roglenda R. Bowe, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel T. Clark, Federal Way, WA (US);

Andrew W. Houck, Woodinville, WA (US);

Joseph A. Sikora, Seattle, WA (US);

Roglenda R. Bowe, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and a system for indicating a target idle running speed, a predicted core speed, a predicted time to running, current engine state or automation modes of an operating aircraft engine, and indicating that the current core speed of the aircraft engine is less than a target idle running speed or is abnormally decreasing towards a target idle running speed. The indicators may be visual or aural. The visual indicators may include graphical or numeric symbols indicating the target idle running speed, the direction of core speed change, the predicted core speed at some future time, or current engine state or automation mode.


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