Patents by Inventor Christopher James Ludtke

Christopher James Ludtke 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).

  • System and method for controlling rotorcraft
    Patent number: 11247782
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: a plurality of engines; a flight control computer connected to the plurality of engines, the flight control computer being configured to: receive an operating parameter of a first engine of the plurality of engines; determine an engine output ramping rate for the first engine according to a difference between the operating parameter of the first engine and a nominal limit of the first engine; and increase the output of the first engine in response to detecting an outage of another engine of the plurality of engines, the output of the first engine being increased according to the engine output ramping rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Morganne Cody Klein, Jillian Samantha Alfred, Christopher James Ludtke
  • System and Method for Controlling Rotorcraft
    Publication number: 20200094981
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: a plurality of engines; a flight control computer connected to the plurality of engines, the flight control computer being configured to: receive an operating parameter of a first engine of the plurality of engines; determine an engine output ramping rate for the first engine according to a difference between the operating parameter of the first engine and a nominal limit of the first engine; and increase the output of the first engine in response to detecting an outage of another engine of the plurality of engines, the output of the first engine being increased according to the engine output ramping rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Morganne Cody Klein, Jillian Samantha Alfred, Christopher James Ludtke