Energy protection method and device for an aircraft

US9505488B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9505488-B2
Application numberUS-201514922420-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 26, 2015
Priority dateNov 6, 2014
Publication dateNov 29, 2016
Grant dateNov 29, 2016

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Abstract

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An energy protection device comprising an activation unit for, in a low energy situation, automatically activating an energy protection function comprising automatically engaging an autothrust and automatically controlling the engines of the aircraft for the engines to supply a maximum thrust, an auxiliary monitoring unit configured to perform a monitoring to detect an absence of activation of a protection mode by at least one of the engines of the aircraft although an activation command has been transmitted, and a disconnection unit to automatically disconnect the autothrust in case of the detection of such a situation, a disconnection of the autothrust resulting in the triggering of the protection function being stopped.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An energy protection method for an aircraft which is provided with a plurality of engines and an autothrust, said method having a protection function comprising automatically engaging the autothrust if the autothrust is not already engaged and in automatically increasing a thrust of the engines to a maximum thrust when conditions for triggering the protection function are fulfilled, said method comprising: transmitting an activation command to each of…

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  • B64C15/02Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B64D31/10Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US9505488B2 cover?
An energy protection device comprising an activation unit for, in a low energy situation, automatically activating an energy protection function comprising automatically engaging an autothrust and automatically controlling the engines of the aircraft for the engines to supply a maximum thrust, an auxiliary monitoring unit configured to perform a monitoring to detect an absence of activation of …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Airbus Operations Sas
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B64C15/02. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Nov 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 4 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).