System and method for coordinating a propeller with an electronic engine control
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorChristopher Roy CARRINGTON
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for coordinating a propeller with a controller module including a machine having a controller module and a propeller mounted to a propeller shaft at a hub. The shaft is arranged to be received in the machine, and a sensor is mounted to the machine, connected to the electronic controller module, and configured to sense the propeller when the propeller shaft is received in the machine.
Claims20
A system for coordinating a propeller with an electronic engine controller module, the system comprising:
- an engine having an electronic engine controller module;
- a propeller mounted to a propeller shaft at a hub, wherein the propeller shaft is arranged to be received in the engine;
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- a sensor mounted to the engine, connected to the electronic engine controller module, and configured to sense at least one unique parameter of the propeller and to send a signal representative of the at least one unique parameter to the electronic engine controller module when the propeller shaft is received in the engine and the propeller is rotated by the engine;
- wherein the electronic engine controller module is configured to identify the propeller and adjust performance of the engine to the propeller based on the signal.
A method for coordinating a propeller with an electronic engine controller module, the method comprising:
- receiving, in an engine, a propeller mounted to a propeller shaft at a hub wherein at least one of the propeller shaft or hub has a unique parameter;
- operating the engine in a calibration mode;
- during the operating, sensing, by a sensor mounted to the engine, the unique parameter of the at least one of the propeller shaft or hub;
- identifying, by the engine controller module, the propeller based on the sensing of the unique parameter;
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- adjusting at least one performance characteristic of the engine to coordinate the propeller with the engine.
A machine comprising:
- an electronic controller module;
- a propeller mounted to a propeller shaft at a hub, with the propeller shaft received in the machine;
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- a sensor mounted to the machine, connected to the electronic controller module, and configured to sense at least one unique parameter of the propeller and to send a signal representative of the at least one unique parameter to the electronic controller module when the propeller shaft is rotated relative to the machine;
- wherein the electronic controller module is configured to identify the propeller and adjust performance of the machine to the propeller based on the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.