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US 10,704,968 B1Granted
Thrust limiter for boom-mounted rotor
AssigneeKitty Hawk Corporation
InventorsChristopher Scott Saunders, Joshua Gordonson
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Abstract
An electrical signal is received via a boom where a rotor is attached to the boom and the received electrical signal is received while the rotor outputs a thrust. It is decided whether to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, including by analyzing the received electrical signal. In response to deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, the thrust which is output by the rotor is decreased.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a boom having a first test point at a first end of the boom and a second test point at a second end of the boom, wherein a rotor is attached to the boom;
- and
- a flight controller that:
- instructs a signal generator to inject an electrical signal at the first test point;
- receives, in response to the injected electrical signal, an electrical signal at the second test point, wherein the received electrical signal is received while the rotor outputs a thrust;
- decides to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, including by analyzing the received electrical signal;
- and
- in response to deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, instruct the rotor to decrease the thrust.
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A method comprising:
- instructing a signal generator to inject an electrical signal at a first test point, wherein the first test point is at a first end of a boom and the boom has a second test point at a second end and a rotor is attached to the boom;
- receiving, in response to the injected electrical signal, an electrical signal at the second test point, wherein the received electrical signal is received while the rotor outputs a thrust;
- deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, including by analyzing the received electrical signal;
- and
- in response to deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, instructing the rotor to decrease the thrust.
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A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- instructing a signal generator to inject an electrical signal at a first test point, wherein the first test point is at a first end of a boom and the boom has a second test point at a second end and a rotor is attached to the boom;
- receiving, in response to the injected electrical signal, an electrical signal at the second test point, wherein the received electrical signal is received while the rotor outputs a thrust;
- deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, including by analyzing the received electrical signal;
- and
- in response to deciding to decrease the thrust which is output by the rotor, instructing the rotor to decrease the thrust.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.