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公开(公告)号:US11745852B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US18071469
申请日:2022-11-29
Applicant: EnExSys Research Inc.
Inventor: James Henke
CPC classification number: B64C3/546 , B64C1/26 , B64C3/185 , B64C9/04 , B64C9/06 , B64C9/18 , B64C27/06 , B64C27/82 , B64C2027/8272
Abstract: A simple, safe, and inexpensive flight control system in an aircraft. An anti-torque system for a rotary-wing aircraft has an airfoil with a first surface extending from a first trailing edge and a leading edge, and a second surface extending from a second trailing edge to join the first surface at the leading edge. The airfoil has a first moveable deflector panel pivotally coupled to the first trailing edge, and a second moveable deflector panel pivotally coupled to the second trailing edge. Means are provided to pivot the deflector panels in unison about their respective pivot axes to alter the direction of travel of the airflow downstream of the pivot axes over the surfaces of the deflector panels, thereby producing a lift in a direction perpendicular to the airflow to counteract the torque applied on the aircraft. The flight control system may be arranged within a fixed-wing aircraft.
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公开(公告)号:US11718393B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-08
申请号:US17097463
申请日:2020-11-13
Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Inventor: Jacques Bellera , Nicolas Queiras
IPC: B64C27/00 , B64C27/57 , B64C13/04 , B64C9/00 , B64C25/36 , B64C25/52 , B64C27/06 , B64C27/08 , B64C27/82 , G05D1/08
CPC classification number: B64C27/57 , B64C9/00 , B64C13/0421 , B64C25/36 , B64C25/52 , B64C27/06 , B64C27/08 , B64C27/82 , G05D1/0858
Abstract: A method and a system for providing a rotorcraft with assistance in taking off from a slope. The rotorcraft includes at least one lift rotor provided with a plurality of blades, control devices for controlling the pitches of the blades, and landing gear provided with at least three ground contact members. The method comprises a step of measuring a piece of information relating to the forces to which each ground contact member is subjected during a landing phase for landing on the slope, a step of measuring at least one piece of information relating to the pitches of the blades during the landing phase, and a control step for controlling the pitches of the blades during the takeoff phase during which the rotorcraft takes off after the landing as a function of the measurements taken during the landing in order to enable a takeoff to be performed that is safe and simplified.
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公开(公告)号:US11697493B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-11
申请号:US17574734
申请日:2022-01-13
Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Inventor: Rupert Pfaller , Tobias Ries
CPC classification number: B64C27/82 , B64C27/06 , B64C2027/8236 , B64C2027/8254 , B64C2027/8272
Abstract: A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region. The rotary wing aircraft comprises a main rotor; a propeller that is at least configured to propel the rotary wing aircraft in forward flight condition, wherein the propeller forms a circular propeller disc in rotation around an associated rotation axis; and a shrouded duct that is arranged in the aft region and that forms an inner air duct which accommodates at least partly the propeller, wherein the shrouded duct comprises a yaw and pitch stability enhancement unit for improving yaw and pitch stability of the rotary wing aircraft in the forward flight condition.
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公开(公告)号:US10036320B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-31
申请号:US14947325
申请日:2015-11-20
Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Inventor: Roger J. Aubert
CPC classification number: F02C7/055 , B64C27/06 , B64D27/14 , B64D33/02 , B64D2033/022 , B64D2033/0233 , B64D2033/0246 , F02C7/047 , F05D2220/329 , F05D2230/60 , F05D2300/171 , F05D2300/614
Abstract: A system includes an engine cover covering a side-facing rotorcraft engine and having an opening and an ice protection member mounted on the engine cover between the opening and the engine, an area of the ice protection member smaller than an area of the opening. The ice protection member is configured to partially cover the opening to prevent ice having a particular size from entering into the engine and to allow air flow downstream into the engine.
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公开(公告)号:US09988140B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-05
申请号:US15259451
申请日:2016-09-08
Applicant: Lee Priest
Inventor: Lee Priest
CPC classification number: B64C17/02 , B64C27/06 , B64C39/022 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/123 , B64C2201/127 , B64C2201/128 , B64C2201/148 , B64D47/08 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/0858 , G05D1/101 , H04W24/04
Abstract: Systems and methods using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to perform physical functions on a cell tower at a cell site include flying the UAV at or near the cell site, wherein the UAV comprises one or more manipulable members; moving the one or more manipulable members when proximate to a location at the cell tower where the physical functions are performed to effectuate the physical functions; and utilizing one or more counterbalancing techniques during the moving ensuring a weight distribution of the UAV remains substantially the same.
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公开(公告)号:US20180101180A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-12
申请号:US15720045
申请日:2017-09-29
Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Inventor: Aaron L. Greenfield , Vineet Sahasrabudhe
IPC: G05D1/08
CPC classification number: G05D1/0816 , B64C13/0421 , B64C13/12 , B64C13/503 , B64C27/06 , B64C27/56 , B64C27/68 , G05D1/0858
Abstract: A system and method of controlling flight of an aircraft is disclosed. The system includes a first inceptor that provides a direct mode command for controlling a control axis of the aircraft according to a direct mode and a second inceptor that provides a stable mode command for controlling the control axis of the aircraft according to a stable mode. A processor receives the direct mode command and the stable mode command, forms a combined command for controlling the control axis of the aircraft based on a combination of the direct mode command and the stable mode command, and controls the control axis of the aircraft according to the combined command.
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公开(公告)号:US09919806B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-20
申请号:US15533986
申请日:2016-01-11
Applicant: SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES
Inventor: Jean Philippe Jacques Marin , Matthieu Gallot , Philippe Etchepare
IPC: B64D31/08 , B64C27/12 , B64C27/10 , B64D27/10 , B64D35/08 , B64D41/00 , F02C6/02 , F02C3/04 , B64D31/06 , B64C27/06
CPC classification number: B64D31/06 , B64C27/04 , B64C27/06 , B64C27/12 , B64D27/10 , B64D35/08 , B64D41/00 , F02C3/04 , F02C3/10 , F02C6/02 , F05D2220/329 , F05D2220/50 , F05D2270/304 , F05D2270/705
Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling an auxiliary engine (8) comprising a gas generator and a free turbine suitable for being able to be connected mechanically to the rotor (12) of a helicopter in order to supply it with thrust power, characterised in that said control device comprises a proportional-integral controller (30) having a proportional gain (Kp) and an integral gain (Ki), which are dependent on the rotation speed of said gas generator, said controller (30) being configured to receive an error signal representing a speed error of said free turbine, and to generate a signal (Sc) for correcting the drive speed of said gas generator obtained by adding a signal proportional to said error signal in accordance with said proportional gain (Kp), and an integrated signal (Si) resulting from the addition of a signal proportional to said error signal in accordance with said integral gain (Ki) and a memory signal (Sm), supplied by a feedback loop (31) of said integrated signal (Si), said memory signal (Sm) being dependent on a measurement representing the rotation speed of said free turbine.
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公开(公告)号:US20180057183A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-01
申请号:US15244379
申请日:2016-08-23
Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
Inventor: Yann LE CADET , Christophe LETEURTRE
CPC classification number: B64D29/06 , B64C1/14 , B64C1/1446 , B64C7/00 , B64C27/06 , B64D29/04 , B64D29/08
Abstract: A rotorcraft comprising a cowling for closing an opening in the fuselage, the cowling being linked to the fuselage by means of a fastening system having a supporting means pivotally attached to the interior of the fuselage and a translation means coupled to the supporting means to respectively enable movements of rotation and translation of the cowling.
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公开(公告)号:US20180029702A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15662335
申请日:2017-07-28
Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
Inventor: David ALFANO , Guillaume LEGRAS , Debbie LEUSINK
CPC classification number: B64C27/82 , B64C1/0009 , B64C27/06 , B64F5/00 , G06F17/5009 , G06F2217/46 , Y02T90/50
Abstract: A method of optimizing sections of a tail boom for a rotary wing aircraft, and also to a tail boom including such sections. The method comprises the step of creating a database characterizing standard sections for a tail boom that give precedence to minimizing a negative lift and/or to increasing a lateral force generated by the air stream from the main rotor of the aircraft flowing over the tail boom, a step of establishing looked-for aerodynamic and structural characteristics for said tail boom, and a step of defining the sections of the tail boom as a function of the standard sections and of the looked-for aerodynamic and structural characteristics. The tail boom as defined in this way optimizes the reduction in the negative lift and/or the increase in the lateral force generated by the air stream from the main rotor.
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公开(公告)号:US20180027183A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-25
申请号:US15651567
申请日:2017-07-17
Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Inventor: Carl A. Palmer , Ronald Moffatt , Cody M. Ture , Craig D. Reed
CPC classification number: H04N5/23241 , B64C27/06 , B64D47/08 , B64F5/60 , G03B15/006 , G03B15/03 , G03B15/05 , G03B17/02 , G03B17/38 , G03B2206/00 , G03B2217/007 , H04N5/2256 , H04N5/2257 , H04N5/247
Abstract: An integrated inspection system including at least one surface defining an enclosed space, at least one camera mounted in the enclosed space, and an interrogator device operatively coupled to the at least one camera. The interrogator device provides power to and receives images from the camera.
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