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US 2019/0055028 A1Published application
Automated flight throttle control
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorIan Carey Martindale
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Abstract
Automated throttle control is described herein. One disclosed example method includes calculating, using a processor, a thrust resolver angle based on a flight condition of an aircraft, and controlling a throttle from moving past at least one of the thrust resolver angle or a range defined by the thrust resolver angle to maintain the aircraft in a preferred flight mode.
Claims20
An aircraft comprising:
- a sensor to determine a flight condition associated with the aircraft;
- a processor to calculate at least one of a thrust resolver angle or a range defined by the thrust resolver angle based on the flight condition to maintain the aircraft in a preferred flight condition during a vertical height change maneuver of the aircraft;
- and
- an electromechanical override to prevent movement of a throttle lever beyond the at least one of the thrust resolver angle or the range defined by the thrust resolver angle.
1 more element
A throttle system of an aircraft, the throttle system comprising:
- a throttle lever;
- a processor to calculate at least one of a throttle limit or a throttle range based on a measured flight condition of the aircraft to maintain the aircraft in a preferred flight condition during a vertical height change maneuver of the aircraft;
- and
- a movement limiter to control the throttle lever from moving beyond the at least one of the throttle limit or the throttle range.
1 more element
A method for controlling an autothrottle control lever of an aircraft comprising:
- analyzing, using a processor, a received flight input and at least one measured flight condition to determine whether the flight input will place the aircraft in a state different from a preferred flight state during a vertical height change maneuver of the aircraft;
- and
- upon determining that the flight input will place the aircraft in the state different from the preferred flight state, limiting a movable rotational range of the autothrottle control lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.