Device for carrying fuel in an aircraft and spacecraft

    公开(公告)号:US11493171B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US16684235

    申请日:2019-11-14

    摘要: A device for carrying fuel in aircraft and spacecraft includes a carrier element having a longitudinal axis, and a fuel tank with a side wall and a chamber at least partially delimited by the side wall. The tank is arranged in the carrier element. The chamber and the side wall extend in a direction along the longitudinal axis. The side wall has a pressure-receiving component that converts a pressure from the chamber on the side wall into a contraction force acting on the side wall along the longitudinal axis. The contraction force compensates for an expansion force, resulting from the pressure from the chamber and acting on the side wall along the longitudinal axis. This provides an improved device for carrying fuel in aircraft and spacecraft, wherein the aircraft and spacecraft has constant flight mechanical properties because of the device.

    Method For Operating An At Least Temporarily Unmanned Aircraft And Such An Aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US20200184834A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16668164

    申请日:2019-10-30

    IPC分类号: G08G5/00 G08G5/04

    摘要: A method for operating an at least temporarily unmanned aircraft, wherein a flight is performed according to a prior flight plan in an airspace controlled by a control instance. A flight direction is determined during the flight via a control device influenced via a data connection by a control instance. The data connection is temporarily unavailable, and a hazardous or emergency situation requiring deviation from the flight plan, is identified by the control device based on first sensor data. An avoidance route is determined by the control device based on a second sensor data, the avoidance route including a avoidance manoeuvre avoiding the hazardous or emergency situation, the avoidance route is used in the meantime to fly towards a destination area with the least possible volume of air traffic; and the necessary avoidance manoeuvre(s) are performed based on the second data by the control device in an autonomous staggering procedure.

    Method and device for an aircraft for handling potential collisions in air traffic

    公开(公告)号:US10109207B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US15084917

    申请日:2016-03-30

    摘要: A method for an aircraft for handling potential collisions in air traffic includes providing by a collision avoidance system a collision avoidance maneuver to avoid a collision with one or more intruders. The collision avoidance system is configured to obtain information about these intruders. The method includes further providing flight management constraints from an onboard flight system. Further, the method includes providing flight situation data from a navigation system. The method includes generating a modified collision avoidance maneuver based on the collision avoidance maneuver provided by the collision avoidance system, the flight situation data and the flight management constraints.

    Aircraft navigation system and method of navigating an aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US09753143B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-05

    申请号:US15035819

    申请日:2014-11-10

    摘要: An aircraft navigation system and navigation method. The system comprises a civil-certified GPS-receiver for determining first position information based on C/A-GPS-signals, and a military-type GPS-receiver for determining a second position information based on P(Y)-GPS-signals. A monitoring unit detects a first abnormal condition during jamming conditions within the C/A-GPS-signals. The unit compares the first position information with the second position information and detects a second abnormal condition when a difference between these position information is larger than a threshold value for more than a threshold duration. Upon detecting an abnormal condition, an alert procedure is initiated. In remotely piloted aircraft, Command & Control link-loss is also monitored and during link-loss, a transponder code automatically indicates communication failure. When in such situation an abnormal condition is additionally detected, a transponder code indicates airborne emergency and, subsequently, the aircraft navigation system is switched to navigating based on position information from the military-type GPS-receiver.

    System for a vehicle with redundant computers
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    发明授权
    System for a vehicle with redundant computers 有权
    具有冗余电脑的车辆系统

    公开(公告)号:US09573682B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14668408

    申请日:2015-03-25

    摘要: A control and/or management system for a vehicle includes at least one of: (A) at least two redundant vehicle management computers configured to generate system control commands for each maneuvering actuators and for each system actor based on the data acquired by the sensors; (B) at least two redundant remote interface units for interconnecting a sensor or a system actor with a vehicle management computer; (C) at least two redundant actuator control computers configured to generate control commands for each maneuvering actuator based on received maneuvering commands; and (D) a common interface for connecting an external computer, the common interface being directly connected to at least two redundant computers.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于车辆的控制和/或管理系统包括以下至少一个:(A)至少两个冗余车辆管理计算机,其被配置为基于由所述传感器获取的数据为每个操纵致动器和每个系统执行器生成系统控制命令; (B)至少两个用于将传感器或系统主体与车辆管理计算机互连的冗余远程接口单元; (C)至少两个冗余致动器控制计算机,其被配置为基于接收到的操纵命令来为每个操纵致动器生成控制命令; 和(D)用于连接外部计算机的通用接口,所述公共接口直接连接到至少两个冗余计算机。