Control apparatus

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B - Operations, Transporting

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142/20, 244/61

B64C 13/00 (2006.01) B64C 13/46 (2006.01) B64D 31/04 (2006.01) F16H 25/22 (2006.01) G05G 7/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1259294

ABSTRACT TITLE: CONTROL APPARATUS Control apparatus of the kind disclosed in UK patent specification Nos 2,073,887 and 2,114,717, ie in which a movable operating member, arranged to control associated apparatus such as an aircraft engine, is coupled to an electric stepper motor, the motor being energisable to move the operating member and/or to generate a 'feel' resistance to, or detents in, the manual movement of the operating member, the apparatus including a ball-screw assembly comprising a lead-screw and ball-nut, one of which is connected to the operating member and, with the operating member, is linearly movable with respect to the other, the stepper motor being coupled to the ball-screw assembly so that rotation of the motor rotor produces, or is produced by, relative rotation of the lead-screw and ball-nut. The apparatus can be constructed as a retrofit unit for being installed in an existing control system including a manual lever or the like coupled to say an aircraft engine so as to provide an automatic operating mode and/or feel force generation for the existing system.

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