Patents by Inventor Andrea TENDOLA

Andrea TENDOLA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft hybrid flight control system
    Patent number: 10000275
    Abstract: An aircraft hybrid flight control system comprising a manual control element, a mechanical transmission interposed between the manual control element and a control surface, an electromechanical actuator and a coupling unit configured to connect selectively the control surface to the mechanical transmission in a manual control mode and to the electromechanical actuator in a fly-by-wire control mode; the coupling unit is configured to maintain the mechanical transmission in a condition of substantial continuity with said control surface even in fly-by-wire mode, but for a freedom of relative motion of pre-set amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MECAER AVIATION GROUP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Tendola, Vittorio Lignarolo
  • AIRCRAFT HYBRID FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160340025
    Abstract: An aircraft hybrid flight control system comprising a manual control element, a mechanical transmission interposed between the manual control element and a control surface, an electromechanical actuator and a coupling unit configured to connect selectively the control surface to the mechanical transmission in a manual control mode and to the electromechanical actuator in a fly-by-wire control mode; the coupling unit is configured to maintain the mechanical transmission in a condition of substantial continuity with said control surface even in fly-by-wire mode, but for a freedom of relative motion of pre-set amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Andrea TENDOLA, Vittorio LIGNAROLO