Patent №
US 9,868,522
Granted
2018-01-16
Filed 2014
Owner
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14465334
A rotorcraft autopilot system includes a series actuator connecting a cockpit control component to a swashplate of a rotorcraft, the series actuator to modify a control input from the cockpit control component to the swashplate through a downstream control component. The rotorcraft autopilot system also includes a differential friction system connected to the cockpit control component, the differential friction system to control the series actuator to automatically adjust a position of the cockpit control component during rotorcraft flight based, in part, on a flight mode of the rotorcraft.
AI classification
Ownership
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
assignment · 335840732
Assignors
GRIFFITH, CARL D., ATKINS, BRADY G., RAZA, AWAIS, WILSON, PAUL M.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.