Patent ID: 8295995
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B64D,F02C,G05B,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A distributed electronic engine control system comprising: an airframe module, an electronic engine control module, and an engine I/O module, the modules arranged in locations remote from one another, each of the modules removably secured to a docking station at each of the locations; a serial communications bus interconnecting the modules with one another; a first engine controls device connected to the engine I/O module and configured to interact with an engine component and provide a first data; and wherein the engine I/O module includes inner loop control logic using the first data and producing a second data in response thereto, the electronic engine control module including an outer loop control logic using the second data and producing a third data in response thereto, the airframe module receiving power and distributing the power to the electronic engine control and engine I/O modules, the first, second and third data provided on the serial communications bus.