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Patent No.:

US 8838298 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2008

Methods and systems for active wing and lift surface control using integrated aeroelasticity measurements

Applicants:

Harris O. Hinnant, Seattle, WA (US);

David J. Black, Renton, WA (US);

Darin W. Brekke, Fox Island, WA (US);

Mark A. Castelluccio, Kent, WA (US);

Matt R. Dickerson, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Inventors:

Harris O. Hinnant, Seattle, WA (US);

David J. Black, Renton, WA (US);

Darin W. Brekke, Fox Island, WA (US);

Mark A. Castelluccio, Kent, WA (US);

Matt R. Dickerson, Maple Valley, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bhavesh V Amin

Assistant Examiner:

Nicholas Kiswanto

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/08 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/06 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/165 (2013.01); G01M 5/0016 (2013.01); G01M 5/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract

An active wing and lift surface control system for an aircraft is described. The wing and lift surface control system includes an aeroelasticity measurement system configured to provide at least one of real time wing twist measurements and real time measurements of aircraft body bending, at least one actuator mechanically coupled to a control surface of the aircraft, and a control system communicatively coupled to the aeroelasticity measurement system and to the at least one actuator. The control system is operable to receive the measurements from the aeroelasticity measurement system and generate control signals, based on the real time measurements, to operate the at least one actuator to adjust a drag associated with one or more of the wing and the aircraft body.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hinnant, Harris. (2014). Methods and systems for active wing and lift surface control using integrated aeroelasticity measurements (U.S. Patent No. 8838298). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8838298

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