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US 2020/0092052 A1Published application
Aircraft control system
AssigneeJoby Aero, Inc.
InventorsScott MacAfee, JoeBen Bevirt, Jason Ryan
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Abstract
A fault-tolerant command and control system including a plurality of flight devices, a plurality of flight computers, a distribution network including a plurality of switches and cables connecting the plurality of flight devices to the plurality of flight computers, and a power source connected to the distribution network.
Claims20
A system comprising, for an aircraft:
- a plurality of flight devices configured to control aircraft operation;
- at least three flight computers configured to command operation of the plurality of flight devices;
- and
- a plurality of switches comprising a first switch set and a second switch set,
- wherein the first switch set is communicatively connected to each of the at least three flight computers;
- wherein the second switch set is communicatively connected to each of the at least three flight computers;
- wherein the first switch set is communicatively connected to each of the plurality of flight devices;
- wherein the second switch set is communicatively connected to each of the plurality of flight devices;
- and
- wherein the first switch set is communicatively isolated from the second switch set.
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A system comprising, for an aircraft:
- a plurality of flight devices configured to control aircraft operation;
- at least three flight computers configured to control operation of the plurality of flight devices;
- and
- a plurality of switches comprising a first switch set and a second switch set,
- wherein the first switch set is communicatively connected to each of the at least three flight computers;
- wherein the second switch set is communicatively connected to each of the at least three flight computers;
- wherein the first switch set is communicatively connected to each of the plurality of flight devices;
- wherein the second switch set is communicatively connected to each of the plurality of flight devices;
- and
- wherein the first switch set and a first flight computer of the at least three flight computers are electrically isolated from the second switch set and a second flight computer of the at least three flight computers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.