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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2016
Applicants:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Sas, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Louis-Emmanuel Romana, Bristol, GB;
Miguel Angel Gama, Bristol, GB;
Assignees:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/50 (2006.01); B64C 25/48 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 25/50 (2013.01); B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 25/48 (2013.01); G05D 1/0083 (2013.01); G05D 1/0204 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for an aircraft steering system, the controller being configured to receive a steering input representative of a desired direction of travel of a steerable nose landing gear, and to receive one or more force-based inputs representative of lateral forces acting upon the nose landing gear, wherein the controller is adapted to automatically adjust the steering input based upon the force-based input(s) so as to output an adjusted steering command for a steering actuator of the nose landing gear.