Patents by Inventor MATTHIAS STIEFENHOFER

MATTHIAS STIEFENHOFER 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).

  • Publication number: 20110284696
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an active control column system for controlling an aircraft, comprising a control member architecture and a control architecture, wherein the control member architecture has at least one mechanically movable control column, at least one actuator for controlling the control column and at least one detection means for detecting at least one state variable of the control column, and the control architecture includes at least one movement regulator for controlling at least one actuator, a feeling generation means for generating at least one desired movement parameter, wherein the feeling generation means is indirectly/directly connected to at least one movement regulator and the generated desired parameter can be supplied to the movement regulator, and wherein at least one detection means is indirectly or directly connected to the feeling generation means for the supply of at least one state variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: MATTHIAS STIEFENHOFER, MATTHIAS LUDWIG, MICHAEL ROTTACH, RALPH NEUMANN, MANFRED SCHLOSSER