Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle control
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Application No.: US17635574Application Date: 2020-09-03
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Publication No.: US12024280B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Clyde Warsop , Ian Lunnon , William James Crowther
- Applicant: BAE Systems plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Curran
- Priority: GB 12638 2019.09.03 EP 275103 2019.10.22
- International Application: PCT/GB2020/052104 2020.09.03
- International Announcement: WO2021/044143A 2021.03.11
- Date entered country: 2022-02-15
- Main IPC: B64C19/00
- IPC: B64C19/00 ; B64C3/14 ; B64C15/14 ; B64C21/04 ; B64C21/08 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D7/06 ; B64U30/10

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a control system for a vehicle, comprising: at least one compressor arranged to generate compressed fluid having a massflow rate; at least one fluidic control effector in fluidic communication with the at least one compressor and arranged to change the direction of travel of the vehicle when the compressed fluid is incident on the at least one fluidic control effector; a dump duct for expelling excess compressed fluid not delivered to the at least one fluidic control effector out of the vehicle; a dump valve for controlling the massflow rate of compressed fluid delivered to the dump duct; and a controller electrically coupled to the dump valve and configured to adjust the dump valve. The present disclosure also relates to an aircraft having the control system and a method of controlling a vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220315208A1 VEHICLE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2022-10-06
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