Arbitration of multiple systems using shared components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10723342-B2
Application number	US-201715808376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 9, 2017
Priority date	Dec 9, 2016
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

A brake control system (BCS) may comprise a first controller, a second controller in electronic communication with the first controller, and a valve comprising a first coil and a second coil. The first controller may be configured to actuate the valve via the first coil. The second controller may be configured to actuate the valve via the second coil. The first controller may be configured to disable the second controller to take over control of the valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A brake control system (BCS), comprising:
a first controller;
a second controller in electronic communication with the first controller;
a brake control module (BCM) comprising:
a valve, comprising:
a first coil; and
a second coil;

wherein the valve is controllable via the first coil and the second coil,
the BCM is in electronic communication with the first controller via the first coil and in electronic communication with the second controller via the second coil, and
the first controller is configured to disable the second controller from control of the valve.

2. The BCS of claim 1 , further comprising a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the first controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the first controller, cause the first controller to perform operations comprising:
disabling, by the first controller, the second controller; and
controlling, by the first controller, the valve, via the second coil.

3. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the first controller comprises an aircraft management system (AMS), and the second controller comprises a brake control unit (BCU).

4. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the second controller is disabled from communicating with the valve in response to the first controller disabling the second controller.

5. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the first controller is hard-wired to the BCM.

6. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the second controller is hard-wired to the BCM.

7. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the first controller is hard-wired to the second controller.

8. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the valve comprises a servo-valve (SV).

9. The BCS of claim 1 , wherein the BCM meters a hydraulic pressure to a brake system component.

10. A brake control system (BCS), comprising:
a first controller;
a second controller in electronic communication with the first controller; and
a valve comprising a first coil and a second coil,
wherein the first controller is configured to actuate the valve via the first coil,
the second controller is configured to actuate the valve via the second coil, and
the first controller is configured to disable the second controller from control of the valve.

11. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the first controller comprises an aircraft management system (AMS).

12. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the second controller comprises a brake control unit (BCU).

13. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the second controller is disabled from actuating the valve in response to the first controller disabling the second controller.

14. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the valve is hard-wired to the first controller and hard-wired to the second controller.

15. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the first controller is hard-wired to the second controller.

16. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the valve comprises a servo valve (SV).

17. The BCS of claim 10 , wherein the valve meters a hydraulic pressure to a brake system component.

18. The BCS of claim 10 , further comprising a shutoff valve (SOV), wherein the SOV supplies a hydraulic pressure to the valve and the valve meters the hydraulic pressure between the SOV and a brake system component.

19. A method for controlling a brake, comprising:
disabling, by a first controller, a second controller from controlling a valve via a second coil; and
controlling, by the first controller, the valve via a first coil;
wherein the valve includes the first coil and the second coil,
the valve is configured to actuate in response to an electrical energy being supplied to at least one of the first coil and the second coil,
the first controller is in electronic communication with the first coil, and
the second controller is in electronic communication with the second coil.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising detecting, by the first controller, a fault in the second controller, wherein the first controller disables the second controller in response to the fault being detected.

Assignees

• Goodrich Corp

Inventors

• Cahill Eric Daniel
• Burte Paul R
• Ayichew Efrem E
• Robbins Lane B
• Georgin Marc

Classifications

• B60T8/1703 Primary

  for aircrafts · CPC title

• B64C25/34

  wheeled type, e.g. multi-wheeled bogies · CPC title

• B60T7/12

  for automatic initiation; for initiation not subject to will of driver or passenger {(limiting speed of vehicles other than rail vehicles B60K31/00)} · CPC title

• B60T2270/402

  Back-up · CPC title

• B60T8/171

  Detecting parameters used in the regulation; Measuring values used in the regulation · CPC title