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8160770 Method and device for detecting oscillatory failures in a position servocontrol subsystem of an aircraft control surface  
Disclosed is a method of detecting at least one oscillatory fault in at least one positional slaving chain for at least one airfoil of an aircraft. The method involves estimating a reference...
8090485 Low-frequency flight control system oscillatory faults prevention via horizontal and vertical tail load monitors  
The Tail Load Monitoring System detects faulty low frequency (e.g. those in the range from 0.1 to 1 Hz) oscillatory conditions caused by Flight Control System malfunctions while the aircraft is in...
7699269 Intelligent multifunctional actuation system for vibration and buffet suppression  
Circuits and methods for use on a mobile platform including a flight control system, a structure, an aerodynamic surface, and an actuator operatively coupled to the surface to control the surface....
7338017 Methods and apparatus for vibration and buffet suppression  
Apparatus and methods for hybrid actuation and suppressing vibration are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hybrid actuator includes a first actuator and a second actuator linked to move a component a...
7175132 Mechanism for eliminating limit cycle oscillations on servocontrolled aerodynamic control surfaces  
Servocontrolled aerodynamic control surfaces, such as the direction rudder (1) of an airplane, are equipped with servoactuators (5). The bearing supports (3) of the rotation axis (2) or hinged axis...
6607161 Convertible aircraft with tilting rotors  
Improving convertible aircraft of the aforementioned type mainly in terms of the active control of vibrations, while at the same time avoiding the addition of significant additional masses for...
6565045 Aircraft aerodynamic surface with trailing edge deflector  
An aerodynamic surface, such as a wing, empennage, angle of drift, nacelle pylon and the like for an aircraft includes at least one lightening hole pertaining to the trailing edge of the underwing,...
6286782 Apparatus and method for reducing vibrations of a structure particularly a helicopter  
Apparatus for damping vibrations of a structure such as the air frame of a helicopter wherein a spring system (1), which has an elastic wall structure forming a tube-shaped hollow body supports a...
5890675 Process and device for damping vibrations or preventing their appearance in aircraft airframes in transonic flight  
A process and device for damping vibrations or preventing their appearance in aircraft airframes in transonic flight. The aircraft has a fuselage carrying on each side a fixed wing (7) provided...
5775637 Device for reducing the vibrations on the structure of a helicopter  
A device for reducing the vibrations generated on the structure of a helicopter. The helicopter includes a structure with a tail boom and a fin. The structure has a longitudinal vertical mid-plane....
5549260 Active control device for aircraft tail buffet alleviation  
A rotatable slotted cylinder (RSC), partially embedded within the contours of a tail surface, such as an aircraft tail airfoil, serves as a force-producing element in a closed-loop active control...
5238208 Load mitigation system for a multi-dimensional transducer array  
A streamlined housing for supporting a multi-dimensional electromagnetic transducer array is attached to an aircraft fuselage via a pivot support. The streamlined housing is supported by the pivot...
5203524 Vibration damping arrangement for aircraft  
An arrangement and method for damping induced fundamental vibrations in an aircraft high lift device (3) are provided. The arrangement includes a wing (2), a high lift device (3) mounted upon and...
5054715 Apparatus and methods for reducing aircraft lifting surface flutter  
A device for preventing aircraft wing flutter causes the port and starboard wings of the aircraft to oscillate at different frequencies. In an exemplary embodiment, engine nacelles are suspended...
4884748 Fairing flap arrangement  
An external fairing flap (26) is provided with an hydraulic spring (42, 44) for causing the external flap (26) to follow the motion of an exhaust nozzle control flap (18). The external flap (26) is...
4865269 Overtravel stop and neutral position lock  
An aircraft flight control surface actuator that prevents against overtravel is provided with a lock which includes a pin (76) that is urged by spring (b 74) toward the wall (68) that is part of...
4799623 Variable convergent/divergent nozzle  
A variable area convergent divergent nozzle has floating divergent flaps which shift from a low mode to a high mode depending on internal and external pressure. The lost motion connection which...
4502652 Process and apparatus for suppressing external load carrying wing flutter for aircraft  
In a semi-active system for suppressing external load-carrying wing flutter in aircraft, the carrying wing (1) is provided with one or more external loads (2), and the suspension of the external...
4496121 Control surface lock for flutter constraint  
A control surface lock (10) for flutter constraint of a control surface (14) of an aircraft in cooperative combination with an hydraulic actuator (12), wherein system pressure on the actuator...
4428550 Vibration-insulating stability improving torque force device  
A conventional aircraft having horizontal stabilizers and hinged elevators, which is controlled, preferably, through push-pull rods, is provided with a dynamic torque (bob) weight connected to a...
4109549 Dynamic balancer for rotating bodies and method of manufacturing same  
A rotating mechanism such as a model aircraft propeller shaft is balanced by a dynamic balancing apparatus comprising a disc rotating with the shaft and a stainless steel O-ring partly filled with...
3692260 DAMPING DEVICES  
A hydraulic jack for actuating the flying control surface of an aircraft which includes a damper mechanically connected to the piston and cylinder assembly of the jack and effective to augment the...
3131890 Aircraft control mechanism  
3119469 Rotary viscous fluid damper  
3047253 Wing vibration damper  
3045956 Damping control  
2859925 Automatic balancing arrangement for aircraft control  
2852210 Inertia spoiler control for aircraft  
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