Aircraft attitude indicator device
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsFranck Laine, Olivier Sapin, Charles Renault Leberquer
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Abstract
An aeroplane attitude indicator device includes a mobile rod which includes a first end connected by a link to a support fastened to the aeroplane and a second end to which is connected a moving body, at least one actuator for controlling the motions of the rod, and a system for piloting the at least one actuator as a function of information originating from an attitude detection system of the aeroplane, so as to orient the rod in a vertical direction. The assembly of rod and moving body correspond to a pendulum-like artifact. Also described is an aeroplane cockpit equipped with an attitude indicator device.
Claims9
An attitude indicator device of an aeroplane, the device comprising:
- a mobile rod comprising a first end connected by a link to a support fastened to the aeroplane and a second end to which is connected a moving body;
- at least one actuator for controlling the motions of the rod;
- a system for piloting said at least one actuator as a function of information originating from an attitude detection system of the aeroplane, so as to orient the rod in a vertical direction,
- wherein the assembly of rod and moving body correspond to a pendulum-like artefact.
An aeroplane cockpit comprising an attitude indicator device comprising:
- a mobile rod comprising a first end connected by a link to a support fastened to the aeroplane and a second end to which is connected a moving body;
- at least one actuator for controlling the motions of the rod;
- a system for piloting said at least one actuator as a function of information originating from an attitude detection system of the aeroplane, so as to orient the rod in a vertical direction,
- wherein the assembly of rod and moving body correspond to a pendulum-like artefact, and
- wherein the attitude indicator device is positioned in a cockpit zone situated in a peripheral field of vision of a pilot who is installed in a piloting station and who is looking straight ahead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.