# US 11,305,745 B2 · Shutoff valve control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,305,745 B2 - Document ID: US11305745B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/353,819 - Filed: 2019-03-14 - Published: 2020-09-17 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-14 - Assignees: Goodrich Corporation - Applicants: Goodrich Corporation - Inventors: Marc Georgin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305745B2 ## CPC - B60T 8/325: {Systems specially adapted for aircraft} - B60T 8/1703: {for aircrafts} - B60T 8/171: Detecting parameters used in the regulation; Measuring values used in the regulation - B60T 13/686: {in hydraulic systems or parts thereof} - B64C 25/426: {Braking devices providing an automatic sequence of braking} - B60T 17/22: Devices for monitoring or checking brake systems; Signal devices - B64C 25/44: Actuating mechanisms - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS ## Abstract Systems and methods for shutoff valve control are provided. The system may receive a first hardware logic input, a second hardware logic input, and a weight-on-wheels (WOW) status wherein each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report a binary true or a false. The system may open the shutoff valve when each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report true. The system may close the shutoff valve when any of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report false. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling a shutoff valve, comprising: receiving, by a first controller, a first hardware logic input, a second hardware logic input, a taxi condition and a weight-on-wheels (WOW) status, wherein each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report a binary true or a false; opening, by the first controller, the shutoff valve in response to receiving the true from each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status; and closing, by the first controller, the shutoff valve in response to receiving the false from any of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first hardware logic input comprises a first OR gated input based on a first hardware determined wheel speed and a first throttle position, wherein the second hardware logic input comprises a second OR gated input based on a second hardware determined wheel speed and a second throttle position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the first hardware logic input and the second hardware logic input report true when each of the first hardware determined wheel speed and the second hardware determined wheel speed are less than a wheel speed threshold; or, when each of the first throttle position and the second throttle position are not forward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, further comprising: receiving a software logic input, wherein the software logic input reports the binary true or the false; opening the shutoff valve in response to receiving the true from each of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status; and closing the shutoff valve in response to receiving the false from any of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the software logic input comprises an override trigger set in response to an autobrake system condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the taxi condition is determined based on set of binary conditions including a first wheel speed, a second wheel speed, a first wheel speed data validity, and a second wheel speed data validity, wherein the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are set true when each of the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are less than the wheel speed threshold. ### Claim 7 A system for controlling a shutoff valve, comprising: a brake hydraulic system including a proportional valve, wherein the shutoff valve is configured to interrupt fluid communication between the proportional valve and a hydraulic supply; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with a first controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the first controller, cause the first controller to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the first controller, a first hardware logic input, a second hardware logic input, a taxi condition and a weight-on-wheels (WOW) status, wherein each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report a binary true or a false; opening, by the first controller, the shutoff valve in response to receiving the true from each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status; and closing, by the first controller, the shutoff valve in response to receiving the false from any of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the first hardware logic input comprises a first OR gated input based on a first hardware determined wheel speed and a first throttle position, wherein the second hardware logic input comprises a second OR gated input based on a second hardware determined wheel speed and a second throttle position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first hardware logic input and the second hardware logic input report true when each of the first hardware determined wheel speed and the second hardware determined wheel speed are less than a wheel speed threshold; or, when each of the first throttle position and the second throttle position are not forward. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving, by the first controller, a software logic input, wherein the software logic input reports the binary true or false; opening, by the first controller, the shutoff valve when each of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report true; and closing, by the first controller, the shutoff valve when any of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report false. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the software logic input comprises an override trigger set in response to an autobrake system condition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the taxi condition is determined based on a set of binary conditions including a first wheel speed, a second wheel speed, a first wheel speed data validity, and a second wheel speed data validity, wherein the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are set true when each of the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are less than the wheel speed threshold. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, further comprising a second controller, wherein the taxi condition is determined by the second controller. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise receiving, by the first controller, a pedal deflection message and opening the shutoff valve in response to the pedal deflection message. ### Claim 15 An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a first processor, cause the first processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the first processor, a first hardware logic input, a second hardware logic input, a taxi condition and a weight-on-wheels (WOW) status, wherein each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report a binary true or a false; opening, by the first processor, a shutoff valve when each of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report true; and closing, by the first processor, the shutoff valve when any of the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, the taxi condition and the WOW status report false. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The article of manufacture of claim 15, wherein the first hardware logic input comprises a first OR gated input based on a first hardware determined wheel speed and a first throttle position, wherein the second hardware logic input comprises a second OR gated input based on a second hardware determined wheel speed and a second throttle position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The article of manufacture of claim 16, wherein the first hardware logic input and the second hardware logic input report true when each of the first hardware determined wheel speed and the second hardware determined wheel speed are less than a wheel speed threshold; or, when each of the first throttle position and the second throttle position are not forward. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The article of manufacture of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise: receiving, by the first processor, a software logic input, wherein the software logic input reports the binary true or false; opening, by the first processor, the shutoff valve when each of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report true; and closing, by the first processor, the shutoff valve when any of the software logic input, the first hardware logic input, the second hardware logic input, and the WOW status report false. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the taxi condition is determined based on set of binary conditions including a first wheel speed, a second wheel speed, a first wheel speed data validity, and a second wheel speed data validity, wherein the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are set true when each of the first wheel speed and the second wheel speed are less than the wheel speed threshold. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, further comprising a second processor, wherein the taxi condition is determined by the second processor.