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US 11,053,016 B1Granted
Aircraft movement control system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew August Lassen, Joseph E. Elliott, Stephen Todd Burrington, Robert James Myers, Kent E. Karnofski, Thomas Jenkins Staggs
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Abstract
Controlling a movement of an aircraft. A computer system detects a position of a group of integrated control levers for the aircraft. The computer system controls a forward thrust, a drag, and a reverse thrust generated by the aircraft based on the position of the group of integrated control levers.
Claims27
An aircraft control system that comprises:
- an engine configured to generate a forward thrust for an aircraft;
- a speed brake configured to generate a drag for the aircraft;
- an integrated control lever for the aircraft, wherein the integrated control lever is configured to move to different positions that comprise:
- a first range of positions, a second range of positions adjacent to the first range of positions, and a third range of positions adjacent the second range of positions;
- an interlock at the third range of positions, wherein the interlock is configured to prevent a movement of the integrated control lever within the third range of positions when the aircraft is in air;
- a thrust reverser on the engine and configured to generate a reverse thrust from the engine;
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- a computer system located in the aircraft and configured to control:
- the forward thrust, the drag, and the reverse thrust based on a position of the integrated control lever in the different positions;
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- a removal of the interlock when the aircraft is on a ground.
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An aircraft control system that comprises a computer system located in an aircraft and configured to:
- detect a position of an integrated control lever configured to control the following:
- a forward thrust, a drag, and a reverse thrust of the aircraft based on the position of the integrated control lever;
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- a movement of the integrated control lever to different positions within a first range of positions, a second range of positions adjacent to the first range of positions, and a third range of positions adjacent the second range of positions, wherein a first tactile detent is located at an entrance of the second range of positions and second tactile detent is present in the third range of positions.
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A method for controlling a movement of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a computer system, a position of an integrated control lever for the aircraft, wherein the integrated control lever is movable to different positions within:
- a first range of positions, a second range of positions adjacent to the first range of positions, and a third range of positions adjacent the second range of positions;
- providing a first tactile detent for the integrated control lever for the second range of positions;
- providing a second tactile detent for the integrated control lever for the third range of positions;
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- controlling, by the computer system, a forward thrust, a drag, and a reverse thrust generated by the aircraft based on the position of the integrated control lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.