Patent ID: 11970279
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 15:
16. A computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of an engine controller, cause the engine controller to:
cause an actuator operably couplable with a link configured to operably couple an engine with an engine mounting structure to vary an inclination angle of the link to a plurality of preselected inclination angles, the engine having a backbone subject to deflection as a result of a loading condition having a plurality of loads, the link disposed at a front engine mount of the engine;
receive, for respective ones of the plurality of preselected inclination angles, a value indicative of thrust associated the respective ones of the plurality of preselected inclination angles;
at a plurality of different flight conditions across an operating envelope, generate a dataset relating the plurality of preselected inclination angles to the values indicative of thrust, the received values depending at least in part on the inclination angle associated therewith, wherein generation of the dataset is dependent upon reducing deflection of the backbone based on the plurality of loads imparted to the engine and a position of the link, the plurality of loads including the thrust of the engine; and
at each of the plurality of different flight conditions, select an inclination angle of the preselected inclination angles based at least in part on the dataset, the selected inclination angle corresponding to a value for one of the values indicative of thrust, the inclination angle dependent upon reducing deflection of the backbone based on a plurality of loads imparted to the engine and a position of the link.