Patent ID: 11892840
Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 3:
4. A device for influencing a gust load of an airplane, the airplane having at least one electromotive thrust generator arranged on a wing of the airplane, the device comprising:
a sensor system that is configured and programmed to ascertain an acceleration of the wing of the airplane perpendicular to the wing, the wing having a wing root, and the acceleration being a value proportional to a root bending moment of the wing generated by the gust load; and
a controller configured and programmed to change a torque of the at least one electromotive thrust generator based on the ascertained acceleration, such that an opposing torque introduced into the wing by the change of the torque causes a bending moment at the wing root to compensate for the root bending moment of the wing generated by the gust load, such that the root bending moment of the wing generated by the gust load is reduced via the opposing torque.