Patent ID: 11884380
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 8, wherein the respective segment end is one of a first segment end of the corresponding control surface segment or a second segment end of the corresponding control surface segment that is opposite the first segment end of the corresponding control surface segment; wherein the hybrid sensing actuator is operatively coupled to one of the first segment end and the second segment end of the corresponding control surface segment; wherein the actuator output position signal at least partially represents the segment end position of the one of the first segment end and the second segment end; wherein the skew detection system is configured to detect the segment end position of the other of the first segment end and the second segment end; and wherein the generating the skew condition signal includes comparing the segment end position of the first segment end and the segment end position of the second segment end of the corresponding control surface segment.