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

Claim 9:
10. A control system for controlling a link disposed at a front engine mount of an engine configured to operably couple the engine to an engine mounting structure of a vehicle, the engine having a backbone subject to deflection as a result of producing thrust, the control system comprising:
one or more sensors;
an actuator operably couplable with the link, the actuator being operable to change an inclination angle of the link coupling the engine to the engine mounting structure; and
one or more controllers communicatively coupled with the one or more sensors and the actuator and having one or more memory devices and one or more processing devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that can be executed by the one or more processing devices to perform operations, in performing the operations, the one or more processing devices are configured to:
at a plurality of different flight conditions across an operating envelope, determine a control command based at least in part on an output received from the one or more sensors, wherein the output is indicative of the thrust of the engine, wherein the control command is dependent upon reducing deflection of the backbone based on a plurality of loads imparted to the engine and the inclination angle of the link, the plurality of loads including the thrust of the engine; and
at each of the plurality of different flight conditions, cause the actuator to change the inclination angle of the link from an initial inclination angle to a final inclination angle based at least in part on the determined control command, the change in inclination angle of the link at each of the plurality of different flight conditions configured to reduce deflection of the backbone from the initial inclination angle to the final inclination angle.