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A device, having: a base having an outer boundary and a plurality of base voids, formed from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); beads that line ones of the base voids, formed from a second material having a second CTE that differs from the first CTE, wherein each of the beads has a bead void; and a thermoelectric junction around the outer boundary, or within one or more of the bead voids.

A flow control device having: a composition gradient defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a second coefficient of thermal expansion that differs from the first coefficient of thermal expansion; and a thermoelectric junction operationally coupled to the composition gradient, wherein the composition gradient is formed of either of a plurality of dissimilar metals or of plastic with fillings or fibers.

The invention belongs to the field of electromechanical control, relates to an electric pump work control technology, and discloses an electric pump work comprehensive control method and system.The work comprehensive control method comprises the steps that onboard state signals, flight control system state signals and hydraulic pressure of each sub hydraulic system in a hydraulic system are collected in real time; starting and stopping of an electric pump connected to the hydraulic sub-system are controlled through a first electric pump control logic and an anti-error working mechanism according to the onboard state signal; and according to the flight control system state signal, the hydraulic pressure and other electric pump control instructions, the electric pump connected to each sub hydraulic system is automatically controlled through second electric pump control logic, an anti-error working mechanism and a time-staggered working mechanism. The working accuracy of the electric pump can be ensured, meanwhile, system damage caused by simultaneous starting of the electric pump is avoided, and the system safety is improved.

A strain wave-type gearbox comprises: a flex spline component; an outer circular spline component; and a wave generator component, wherein the wave generator component is configured for adjustment of at least one dimension of the wave generator component, to cause engagement and disengagement of the flex spline component and the outer circular spline component. A drive arrangement for manipulating a vehicle control surface comprises: a first drive; a second drive; an output member for connecting to the vehicle control surface; first engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first drive and the output member; and second engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second drive and the output member, wherein the first engaging means comprises a strain wave-type gearbox.

The invention discloses an aircraft control surface oscillation fault monitoring method based on multi-scale wavelet transformation, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the calculation through a PID (Proportion Integration Differentiation) control law through an autopilot according to an input flight path command, and obtaining a control surface control instruction deltadepth; a control surface deflection prediction value delta est is generated based on the nonlinear model and the control surface control instruction, the control surface deflection prediction value and an actual deflection value delta mea collected by the sensor module are subtracted to generate a residual signal Rn, and the residual signal is decomposed into a plurality of sub-band signals through wavelet decomposition; wavelet energy calculation is carried out on the sub-bands possibly containing the control surface oscillation fault signals, whether a fault occurs or not is judged according to the magnitude of an energy comparison threshold value, and the judgment threshold value is determined through Monte Carlo simulation. According to the method, instruction signals are separated by generating residual errors, wavelet transform processing is carried out on residual error signals, interference of noise and irrelevant frequency signals on monitoring performance is reduced, meanwhile, small-amplitude oscillation signals can be effectively monitored according to sub-band wavelet energy serving as a fault criterion, and the monitoring coverage rate of oscillation faults is remarkably increased.

A drive arrangement for manipulating a vehicle control surface, comprises: a first drive; a second drive; an output member for connecting to the vehicle control surface; first engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first drive and the output member; and second engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second drive and the output member, wherein the first engaging means comprises a first epicyclic gearbox.

Heat exchangers for cryogenic fuel distribution systems and related methods are disclosed herein. An example aircraft disclosed herein includes a cryogenic fuel system including a cryogenic fuel, a hydraulic system including a hydraulic fluid, a gas turbine engine fluidly coupled to the cryogenic fuel system, and a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the cryogenic fuel system, the heat exchanger is used to exchange heat between the cryogenic fuel and at least one of (1) hydraulic fluid or (2) working fluid thermally coupled to the hydraulic system.

An aircraft is disclosed having a device and an aircraft wing. The aircraft wing includes a main wing element and a movable wing tip device attached to a tip end of the main wing element. The movable wing tip device includes an accumulator configured to store energy and the movable wing tip device can move relative to the main wing element to vary a span of the aircraft wing. The accumulator is configured to transmit power to the device. The accumulator enables energy to trickle between the main wing element and the movable wing tip device whilst still providing a suitable power source to the device. Additional embodiments include a method of maintenance, and a method of operating the aircraft wing to store energy in the movable wing tip device.

The invention belongs to the field of airborne electromechanics, and discloses a hydraulic mechanism heterogeneous control method and system.The method comprises the steps that hydraulic systems are divided into two groups, and on-board state signals, flight control system state signals and first hydraulic pressure and second hydraulic pressure of sub hydraulic systems are collected; giving an on-board state threshold value, a low-pressure threshold value, a hydraulic safety threshold value and a sub-hydraulic system relation table; starting and stopping automatic control is conducted on the electric pumps in the first group through the established first control logic architecture according to the data; and the electric pumps in the second group are automatically controlled to start and stop by adopting the constructed second control logic architecture through the data. The system comprises a grouping module, a control logic construction module and two control units, wherein each control unit comprises an acquisition module, a data scheduling module, a staggered starting module, an anti-overvoltage protection module and an anti-error working module. All the electric pumps are controlled through two heterogeneous logic architectures, and the control precision and safety are improved.

A system configuration significantly reduces the number of interconnections needed between an electromechanical actuator (EMA) and an EMA controller (EMAC) while maintaining redundancy and other safety aspects needed by the target application without adding second or third independent redundant position sensors to the EMA for use with backup channel of the controller. The system configuration extends the sensor architecture used by COM-COM controllers with an additional sensor channel used by a backup controller without the need for adding a separate physical position sensor for the backup controller, which saves implementation effort, space, and weight that would otherwise be needed for integration of additional redundant sensors into the EMA.

An actuator system for a flight control surface of an aerial vehicle includes a motor, and an inner shaft. The inner shaft includes a first portion at a first end and a second portion that extends from the first portion to a second end of the inner shaft. The first portion of the inner shaft is coupled to the motor. The second portion of the inner shaft is coupled to at least one roller that includes roller threads. The actuator system includes an inverted nut defining an inner bore and having an outer diameter that defines an output rod. The inner bore includes nut threads. The inverted nut is coupled about the inner shaft such that the nut threads are to engage with the plurality of roller threads to move the output rod, and the output rod is to be coupled to the flight control surface.

The utility model discloses a coaxial helicopter control system of a single automatic inclinator, which comprises a fixed shaft, two rotor wing assemblies and a rotor wing pitch control system, and the rotor wing pitch control system comprises a single automatic inclinator, a steering engine control mechanism and two rotor wing pitch control mechanisms. The single automatic inclinator is coaxially connected to the fixing shaft in a sliding mode, the steering engine control mechanism comprises a plurality of steering engines used for being in linkage with the single automatic inclinator, and the single automatic inclinator is used for being in linkage with the two rotor wing propeller pitch control mechanisms when being in linkage with the steering engines; wherein one rotor propeller pitch control mechanism is used for controlling one rotor assembly to change the pitch, and the other rotor propeller pitch control mechanism is used for controlling the other rotor assembly to change the pitch. According to the utility model, the control of lifting, pitching, rolling and heading of the helicopter is realized by adopting a combined mode of the rotor pitch control system of the single automatic inclinator and the rotating speed differential motion of the upper and lower rotor motors, so that the number and the weight of parts are reduced, and the use maintainability is improved.

Multi-functional trailing edge apparatus and methods for aircraft are disclosed herein. An example wing of an aircraft disclosed herein includes an aft edge supporting a trailing edge device. The trailing edge device has a control surface and a side surface. A linkage is rotatably coupled to the side surface and the aft edge, and a rotary actuator is operatively coupled to the linkage to move the control surface.

Systems and methods for controlling an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor, a first manipulator communicatively coupled with the processor, the first manipulator configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual inputs and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second manipulator communicatively coupled with the processor, the second manipulator is configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual inputs and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the heading of the aircraft using the signals received from the second manipulator corresponding to the lateral linear movement of the second manipulator. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb rocker for each manipulator.

The invention discloses an integrated linear steering engine, which belongs to the technical field of linear steering engines, and comprises a shell, and a motor assembly, a transmission assembly and a sensor which are arranged in the shell, the transmission assembly comprises a multi-stage gear pair, a lead screw pair and an output shaft assembly. The lead screw pair output shaft assembly and the motor assembly are arranged in parallel. The multi-stage gear pair comprises an input gear, a transfer gear and an output gear which are sequentially arranged in a meshed mode, and the input gear is connected with the output end of the motor assembly. The lead screw pair output shaft assembly comprises a lead screw and a nut output shaft. One end of the lead screw is connected with the output gear, the other end of the lead screw is connected with the nut output shaft, and the nut output shaft extends out of the shell to achieve linear output. The sensor comprises a rotary transformer sensor, and the rotary transformer sensor is arranged at the end, away from the output end, of the motor assembly. The size and weight of the steering engine can be greatly reduced, and the steering engine has the advantages of being large in output torque and high in transmission precision.

An aircraft includes a wing and a leading-edge aerodynamic surface coupled to the wing. An actuator is disposed within the wing and coupled to the leading-edge aerodynamic surface via a linkage system. Two or more hinge systems are coupled to the leading-edge aerodynamic surface and configured to rotate about a fixed axis internal to the wing to move the leading-edge aerodynamic surface between a retracted position and a drooped position.

The invention relates to a dual-motor input horizontal stabilizer balancing system which comprises a channel 1 motor assembly, a channel 2 motor assembly, a differential gear train, a final-stage gear, a reduction gear, an output gear, a ball screw and a lower connector. The dual-motor input horizontal stabilizer balancing system further comprises a main control electronic component PCE which is configured to be used for generating a corresponding balancing rate instruction according to a flight control law based on external data; and the motor control unit MCU comprises an MCU1 used for a channel 1 and an MCU2 used for a channel 2, and is configured to be used for generating a corresponding control instruction according to the balancing rate instruction and providing the control instruction to the channel 1 motor assembly (1) and the channel 2 motor assembly (2).

A drive arrangement for manipulating a vehicle control surface, comprises: a first drive; a second drive; an output member for connecting to the vehicle control surface; first engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first drive and the output member; and second engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second drive and the output member, wherein the first drive and the second drive are mounted on bearings.

An actuator (20) arranged to be connected to a mechanical chain (13) of a mechanical system (10) for controlling the flight of a vehicle, comprising a first motor (22a), a first output arrangement (23a) driven in rotation about an axis of rotation (X1-X1) by the first motor (22a) and forming a first mechanical pathway, a second motor (22b), a second output arrangement (23b) driven in rotation about the axis of rotation (X1-X1) by the second motor (22b) and forming a second mechanical pathway, an output member (24) configured to be connected to the mechanical chain (13), a first and a second coupling / decoupling device (25a, 25b) connecting, in terms of rotation about the axis of rotation (X1-X1), respectively the first output arrangement (23a) and the second output arrangement (23b) with the output member (24) in a coupled position. The actuator (20) comprising an electronic control unit (40) configured to detect a blockage of one of the mechanical pathways of the actuator (20) and to control the torques of the motors (22a, 22b) separately.

The invention relates to an actuator jamming monitoring scheme. The actuator jamming monitoring scheme comprises the steps that a remote electronic unit REU transmits a current signal to an electro-hydraulic servo valve EHSV; the REU receives a displacement instruction signal from the computer; an actuator displacement signal is collected from an LVDT sensor; acquiring an actuator extension cavity pressure signal from a first pressure sensor; acquiring an actuator retraction cavity pressure signal from a second pressure sensor; and the data of the REU, the LVDT sensor, the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are summarized and analyzed, and the analyzed result is compared with a corresponding threshold to judge whether to trigger jamming monitoring alarm.

An aircraft wing includes a fixed structure and a linear hydraulic slat actuator attached to the fixed structure. The linear hydraulic slat actuator is oriented spanwise along the aircraft wing. The aircraft wing also includes an actuator output link and a slat attached to the actuator output link. The aircraft wing also includes a bell-crank coupled to the linear hydraulic slat actuator and to the actuator output link. In response to spanwise movement of the linear hydraulic slat actuator, the bell-crank is configured to move the actuator output link in a different direction that enables the slat to move between a retracted position and an extended position.

The invention discloses a novel bird-imitating empennage multi-degree-of-freedom platform, and relates to the technical field of flying robots, the novel bird-imitating empennage multi-degree-of-freedom platform comprises a first driving structure, a support, a second driving structure, an empennage driving structure and an empennage assembly, the second driving structure and the empennage driving structure are both arranged on the support, the first driving structure can drive the empennage assembly to rotate in the heading direction, and the second driving structure can drive the empennage assembly to rotate in the pitching direction and the rolling direction. And the empennage driving structure can control the area change of the empennage assembly. According to the novel bird-imitating empennage multi-degree-of-freedom platform, control over the heading direction, the rolling direction and the pitching direction can be achieved, and the area of the empennage assembly can be changed.

A flight control system, including a flight control computer (FCC) configured for providing a first and second flight function, and sending, to effectors of an aircraft, first command signals based on the first and second flight functions, and a second computer configured for providing one or more autonomy functions associated with operation of the aircraft, and that are different from the first and second flight functions, monitoring operation of the FCC, determining whether the FCC has failed, and providing a fail-safe mode for at least the first flight function in response to determining that the FCC has failed. Providing the fail-safe mode includes providing one or more critical flight functions that includes the first flight function, and sending, to the effectors, second command signals that replace a first command signal associated with the first flight function and that are based on the critical flight functions.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and device for stably controlling an airplane in the auxiliary landing process, computer equipment and a medium, and the method comprises the following steps: judging whether the airplane is in a gliding stage, if so, activating a gliding stage control law, and if not, controlling the airplane to stably control the airplane through the gliding stage control law. The aircraft is controlled through the elevator centering instruction and the horizontal stabilizer automatic trimming instruction until the aircraft quits the gliding stage, and the gliding stage control law is quitted; if the aircraft enters the pull-up stage from the glide stage, activating the leveling stage control law, generating an elevator control instruction based on the steering column displacement and the steering column displacement nonlinear gain through the leveling stage control law, generating a rudder control instruction based on the pedal displacement signal and the pedal displacement nonlinear gain, and controlling the elevator control instruction and the rudder control instruction according to the pedal displacement signal and the pedal displacement nonlinear gain. And controlling the aircraft through the elevator control instruction and the rudder control instruction until the aircraft is grounded. According to the scheme, the landing quality and safety are improved through the staged aircraft auxiliary landing control law.

The invention relates to the technical field of aviation technologies, in particular to a self-locking structure for double-motor parallel driving and a steering engine. The self-locking structure for double-motor parallel driving comprises a base, a first motor and a second motor which are arranged on the base, and further comprises a first oscillating tooth assembly, a second oscillating tooth assembly and an output gear. The first oscillating tooth assembly is arranged at the driving end of the first motor, the second oscillating tooth assembly is arranged at the driving end of the second motor, the first oscillating tooth assembly and / or the second oscillating tooth assembly are / is used for driving the output gear to rotate, and the self-locking structure can improve the reliability of the steering engine under the condition that redundant electric control is not added and more failure assemblies are not introduced.

This invention discloses a servo-elastic stabilization method based on multi-sensor information fusion, belonging to the field of flight control. Specifically, it involves: extracting and modeling the main load-bearing structure of the aircraft; calculating the modal frequencies, mode shapes, and mode shape slopes of the aircraft under unconstrained conditions; then combining the aircraft, a first sensor, servo motors, and the control system to form a closed-loop servo-elastic system; calculating the open-loop system transfer function from the control input to the feedback input of the control system, drawing an open-loop Bode plot, and determining the dangerous frequencies and corresponding dangerous natural modes; based on this, placing a second angular velocity sensor on the aircraft; then calculating and correcting the weighting coefficients of the two angular velocity sensor signals, and introducing the weighted signal into the control system instead of the original signal; comparing the system characteristics to ensure the servo-elastic stability of the aircraft without affecting the rigid body phase and amplitude.

The invention provides a fly-by-wire aircraft transverse soft control system and method. The fly-by-wire aircraft transverse soft control system comprises a left steering wheel and a right steering wheel. The left steering wheel and the right steering wheel are respectively connected with a left steering wheel force sensor and a right steering wheel force sensor through a drum wheel, and the two drum wheels are respectively connected with one end of a left control steel cable and one end of a right control steel cable. The other end of the left control steel cable and the other end of the right control steel cable sequentially pass through corresponding decoupling pulleys and reversing pulleys and then are connected with fan-shaped wheels of the left load module and the right load module. The left load module and the right load module are respectively connected with a left damper, a right damper, a left command position sensor, a right command position sensor, a left balancing mechanism, a right balancing mechanism and output rocker arms, the fan-shaped wheels are connected with the corresponding output rocker arms, and the two output rocker arms are connected through a release device; and the left balancing mechanism and the right balancing mechanism are synchronously connected. Layout is flexible, the requirement for the aircraft structure is low, instruction consistency is good, and integration is high.

Disclosed is an active throttle quadrant assembly. The active throttle assembly comprises a lever 310 mounted via a first pivot 318 at a first end of the lever and a grip 302 on an opposite end of the

A system for cross-channel communication for effectors in an electric aircraft is presented. The system may include a flight component of an electric aircraft. The system may include a plurality of effectors, wherein the plurality of effectors may be configured to control the flight component. The system may include a plurality of flight controllers communicatively connected to the plurality of effectors, wherein the plurality of flight controllers may be configured to receive an input, generate a command as a function of the input and transmit the command to the plurality of effectors. The system may include a plurality of networks communicatively connected to the plurality of effectors and the plurality of flight controllers, wherein the plurality of networks may be configured to receive the command from the plurality of flight controllers and transmit the command to the plurality of effectors.

A method is provided for determining a gas charge pressure PcalcGC of a hydraulic accumulator within a hydraulic fluid system. The method includes receiving pressure decay data representing the pressure decay within a self-pressurizing hydraulic reservoir of the hydraulic fluid system as the self-pressurizing hydraulic reservoir depressurizes from an operating pressure of the self-pressurizing hydraulic reservoir towards atmospheric pressure. The method also includes calculating the gas charge pressure PcalcGC of the hydraulic accumulator using the received pressure decay data of the self-pressurizing hydraulic reservoir.