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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Nutaro, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Patrick Jackson, Peoria, AZ (US);

Jay Sims, Tempe, AZ (US);

Assignee:

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/06 (2006.01); B64C 25/34 (2006.01); B64C 25/40 (2006.01); B64C 25/42 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 13/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/065 (2013.01); B64C 25/34 (2013.01); B64C 25/405 (2013.01); B64C 25/42 (2013.01); G05D 1/0083 (2013.01); G05D 13/62 (2013.01);
Abstract

An aircraft taxi control system may include a motor connected to drive a landing gear wheel of the aircraft. A motor controller may be connected to control speed of the motor. The system may also include an aircraft taxi route database, an aircraft position determination unit; an aircraft performance database and a processor configured to a) integrate signals from the aircraft taxi route database, the aircraft position determination unit and aircraft performance database, and b) produce a motor deceleration signal to the motor controller when the aircraft arrives at a predetermined distance from a predetermined location so that the aircraft arrives at the location traveling at a desired speed.


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