Aircraft comprising a control device for a jet pipe nozzle with variable cross-section powered by two independent electrical power supplies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821918-B2
Application number	US-201414480016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2014
Priority date	Sep 10, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

The subject of the disclosure is an aircraft comprising at least one left motor generator, at least one right motor generator, a control device for a jet pipe nozzle with variable cross-section of the aircraft comprising at least one control member powered by a first airplane electrical power supply linked to at least one right or left motor generator, the control member powered by a second electrical power supply linked to an electrical power source of the aircraft independent of the first airplane electrical power supply.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aircraft comprising
one or more jet pipe nozzles, each of the one or more met pipe nozzles having a variable cross-section,
at least one left motor generator,
at least one right motor generator,
a control device for the one or more jet pipe nozzles of the aircraft, the control device comprising
at least one control member, which drives at least one actuator, which generates, via a mechanical transmission chain, a movement of at least one moving part of the one or more jet pipe nozzles with variable cross-section,
wherein the control member is powered by a first airplane electrical power supply linked to at least one of the at least one right motor generator or the at least one left motor generator, and
wherein the control member is powered by a second airplane electrical power supply linked to an electrical power source of the aircraft that is independent of the first airplane electrical power supply.

2. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the control member is powered by a motor generator and by a second electrical power supply independent of the motor generators.

3. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrical power supply is linked to a constant speed motor generator (CSMG) of the aircraft.

4. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrical power supply is linked to an auxiliary power unit (APU) of the aircraft.

5. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrical power supply is linked to at least one electrical energy accumulator of the aircraft.

6. The aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the control member comprises a first part to control and power at least one actuator and a second part to alternately connect with the first airplane electrical power supply or with the second airplane electrical power supply.

7. The aircraft according to claim 6 , wherein at least the second part of the control member is positioned in the fuselage of the aircraft.

8. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the control member comprises a set of electrical power contactors to prevent contact between the two electrical power supplies electrically and mechanically.

9. The control device according to claim 1 , comprising, in a first propulsive assembly, a first control member dedicated to control of a first of the one or more jet pipe nozzles with variable cross-section and powered by the first airplane electrical power supply linked indirectly to the left motor generator and, in a second propulsive assembly, a second control member dedicated to control of a second of the one or more jet pipe nozzles with variable cross-section and powered by the second airplane electrical power supply linked indirectly to the right motor generator.

10. The control device according to claim 9 , wherein the two control members are powered by the second airplane electrical power supply.

11. The control device according to claim 9 , comprising a bypass box with a first input, which is linked to the second electrical power supply, and a plurality of outputs, each of which is linked to a control member.

12. The control device according to claim 9 , comprising, for each electrical power supply a circuit breaker to isolate the electrical power supply from the control member.

13. The control device according to claim 1 , comprising, in a first propulsive assembly, a first control member dedicated to control of a first of the one or more jet pipe nozzles with variable cross-section and powered by the first airplane electrical power supply linked indirectly to the right motor generator and, in a second propulsive assembly, a second control member dedicated to control of a second of the one or more jet pipe nozzles with variable cross-section and powered by the second airplane electrical power supply linked indirectly to the left motor generator.

14. A method for managing the electrical power supply of a control device for a jet pipe nozzle with variable cross-section of an aircraft, the aircraft comprising one or more jet pipe nozzles, each of which have a variable cross-section, the device comprising at least one control member which drives at least one actuator which generates, via a mechanical transmission chain, a movement of at least one moving part of the jet pipe nozzle with variable cross-section, the control member being powered by a first airplane electrical power supply linked to at least one right or left motor generator of the aircraft, wherein the method comprises powering the control member by a second electrical power supply linked to an electrical power source of the aircraft independent of the first airplane electrical power supply when the first airplane electrical power supply no longer powers the control member.

15. The method according to claim 14 , comprising checking the availability of the second electrical power supply prior to the power supply switchover.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Bulin Guillaume
• Calvairac Pierre
• Lecointre Nicolas
• Roux Paul-Emile

Classifications

• B64D33/04 Primary

  of exhaust outlets or jet pipes · CPC title

• B64D31/14

  Transmitting means between initiating means and power plants · CPC title

• F02K1/09

  by axially moving an external member, e.g. a shroud (F02K1/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F05D2260/84

  Redundancy · CPC title

• F02K1/15

  Control or regulation · CPC title