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

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the wing is a first wing;
wherein the flight control surface is a first flight control surface; wherein the flight control surface actuation system is a first flight control surface actuation system; wherein the skew detection system is a first skew detection system; wherein the first skew detection system is configured to generate a first skew detection signal that at least partially represents the skew condition of the first flight control surface; wherein the hybrid sensing actuator is a first hybrid sensing actuator; wherein the actuator output is a first actuator output; wherein the actuator output position sensor is a first actuator output position sensor; wherein the actuator output position signal is a first actuator output position signal; wherein the vehicle further comprises a second wing extending from the fuselage and comprising a second flight control surface with one or more control surface segments and a second flight control surface actuation system for operating the second flight control surface; wherein the second flight control surface actuation system includes a second skew detection system configured to detect a skew condition in the second flight control surface; wherein the second skew detection system is configured to generate a second skew detection signal that represents the skew condition of the second flight control surface; wherein the second skew detection system includes a second hybrid sensing actuator with a second actuator output and a second actuator output position sensor configured to generate a second actuator output position signal; wherein the controller is configured to receive the first skew detection signal from the first skew detection system and to receive the second skew detection signal from the second skew detection system; and wherein the controller is configured to generate the skew condition signal based, at least in part, on each of the first actuator output position signal and the second actuator output position signal.