Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated thrust and drag control of an aircraft
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Application No.: US16513340Application Date: 2019-07-16
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Publication No.: US11260959B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Thomas Landers , Michael Malluck
- Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Applicant Address: US GA Savannah
- Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Current Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Savannah
- Agency: LKGlobal | Lorenz & Kopf, LLP
- Main IPC: B64C13/16
- IPC: B64C13/16 ; B64C3/58 ; B64C9/18 ; B64C9/32 ; B64C25/10 ; B64D17/80

Abstract:
Aircraft, auto speed brake control systems, and methods for controlling drag of an aircraft are provided. In one example, an aircraft includes an aircraft structure. A drag device is operatively coupled to the aircraft structure between a stowed and a deployed position and/or an intermediate deployed position. A speed brake controller is in communication with the drag device to control movement. An autothrottle-autospeedbrake controller is in communication with the speed brake controller and is configured to receive data signals. The autothrottle-autospeedbrake controller is operative to direct the speed brake controller to control movement of the drag device between the stowed position and the deployed position and/or the intermediate deployed position in response to at least one of the data signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210016871A1 INTEGRATED THRUST AND DRAG CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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