Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal amplification in blade angle position feedback system
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Application No.: US16697084Application Date: 2019-11-26
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Publication No.: US11597502B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Dana Tomescu
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: G01D5/20
- IPC: G01D5/20 ; G01D5/247 ; G01B7/14 ; G01B7/30 ; B64C13/16 ; B64C11/30 ; G01D5/245

Abstract:
A blade angle feedback system for an aircraft-bladed rotor rotatable about a longitudinal axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle is provided. A feedback device is coupled to rotate with the rotor and to move along the axis with adjustment of the blade angle. At least one position marker is affixed to a core of the feedback device and extends along a direction angled relative to the axis. The core is made of a first material having a first magnetic permeability and the position marker comprises a second material having a second magnetic permeability greater than the first magnetic permeability. A sensor is positioned adjacent the feedback device and produces, as the feedback device rotates about the axis, a sensor signal in response to detecting passage of the position marker. A control unit generates a feedback signal indicative of the blade angle in response to the sensor signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210070426A1 SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION IN BLADE ANGLE POSITION FEEDBACK SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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