Prioritizing use of flight attitude controls of aircraft

JR McCullough, PK Oldroyd - US Patent 11,124,289, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods of prioritizing the use of flight attitude controls of aircraft
operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a …

Online optimization-based flight control system

Z Mahboubi, G Hoffmann, O Toupet… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Techniques to control flight of an aircraft are disclosed. In various embodiments, a set of
inputs associated with a requested set of forces and moments to be applied to the aircraft is …

System and method for flight control in electric aircraft

TG Richter, A Giroux, N Moy - US Patent 11,142,333, 2021 - Google Patents
A system for flight control in electric aircraft includes a flight controller configured to provide
an initial vehicle torque signal including a plurality of attitude commands. The system …

In cockpit control of a fixed wing aircraft

I Cherepinsky, M Baran, NC Visinski - US Patent App. 15/865,906, 2018 - Google Patents
A device and method for flying an aircraft is disclosed. According to one example, the device
includes a vehicle management computer configured to position a plurality of control …

Systems and methods for fault detection and control in an electric aircraft

N Moy, HR Ossareh - US Patent 11,420,756, 2022 - Google Patents
A system for fault detection and control in an electric aircraft including an inertial
measurement unit, the inertial measurement unit including at least a sensor configured to …

Hybrid gyrodyne aircraft

JE Vander Mey, LW Yonge III - US Patent 11,829,161, 2023 - Google Patents
A multi-rotor aircraft includes a fuselage, a propulsion engine coupled to the fuselage that
generates thrust to propel the aircraft along a first vector during forward flight, and rotors …

Thrust allocation using optimization in a distributed flight control system

TA Wheeler - US Patent 11,155,356, 2021 - Google Patents
Thrust values for motors in an aircraft are generated where each flight controller in a plurality
of flight controllers generates a thrust value for each motor in a plurality of motors using an …

Geometry-based flight control system

GM Horn, D Vander Lind - US Patent 11,091,247, 2021 - Google Patents
A geometry-based flight control system is disclosed. In various embodiments, a set of
inceptor inputs associated with a requested set of forces and moments to be applied to the …

Angle-of-attack determination for aircraft stall protection

BA Derstein, SG Hagerott - US Patent 11,299,289, 2022 - Google Patents
US11299289B1 - Angle-of-attack determination for aircraft stall protection - Google Patents
US11299289B1 - Angle-of-attack determination for aircraft stall protection - Google Patents …

Method and system for controlling thrust of an engine

G Birch, F Hafeez, R Parker, J Tremblay… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for controlling thrust of an engine for an aircraft are described herein.
A position of a thrust lever for controlling the engine is obtained from one or more sensors …