Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft and method for determining loads acting on an aircraft
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Application No.: US17535825Application Date: 2021-11-26
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Publication No.: US11945604B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Cyrille Vidy , Christoph Meisner , Christian Stolz , Holger Hickethier
- Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Current Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Agency: KDW Firm PLLC
- Priority: DE 2021101353.4 2021.01.22
- Main IPC: B64F5/60
- IPC: B64F5/60 ; G01P15/08

Abstract:
An aircraft includes a control computer, load determining unit, first central inertial measurement device and a second inertial measurement device. The load determining unit is coupled to the first inertial measurement device and the second inertial measurement device. The load determining unit can receive instantaneous first accelerations detected by the first inertial measurement device and instantaneous second accelerations detected by the at least one second inertial measurement device and from this to determine instantaneous loads acting on the aircraft and to store them in a memory unit and/or to transmit them to an external unit. The load determining unit can determine expected maneuver accelerations. The load determining unit can subtract the expected maneuver accelerations from detected first accelerations and second accelerations and determine externally induced dynamic accelerations. The load determining unit can determine expected maneuver loads on the aircraft to determine dynamic loads on the aircraft and to determine the expected maneuver loads and the dynamic loads.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220234763A1 AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOADS ACTING ON AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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