SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PROPELLER CONTROL UNIT FLUID PRESSURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240150010A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US17982675

    申请日:2022-11-08

    CPC classification number: B64C11/42 F15B13/024

    Abstract: A propeller control unit for an aircraft propulsion system including a propeller is provided. The propeller control unit includes an actuator, a pump, a flow regulator, a pressure sensor, and a controller. The actuator is configured to control a pitch of each of the propeller blades. The pump is configured to direct hydraulic fluid to the actuator. The flow regulator is in fluid communication with the pump and configured to control a hydraulic fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid downstream of the pump. The pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the pump and upstream of the actuator. The pressure sensor is configured to measure the hydraulic fluid pressure and generate a hydraulic fluid pressure signal. The controller includes a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to monitor the hydraulic fluid pressure signal.

    Variable pitch propeller control system

    公开(公告)号:US11364990B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16055549

    申请日:2018-08-06

    Abstract: The variable pitch propeller control system can have a source of adjustable, actuation hydraulic pressure, a feather valve openable to provide an actuation path of the actuation hydraulic pressure between the source and the actuator, and closeable to connect the actuator to a drain below the actuation hydraulic pressure and close the actuator path, and a bypass path parallel to the actuator path, the bypass path having a restricted flow area relative to a flow area of the actuator path.

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