Patent ID: 8548651
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: B63H,B64C

Abstract:
1. A device for piloting a vehicle, said device comprising: a kinematic chain which is connected to a piloting component and to a driving device for driving at least one vehicle control component of the vehicle; at least one motorized parallel actuator having a driving component which is coupled into the kinematic chain in parallel with the piloting component; at least one force sensor adapted to measure the forces imparted by said piloting component into the kinematic chain; a logic circuit connected to said at least one force sensor in such a way as to receive force signals delivered by the latter, said logic circuit being adapted to generate a speed reference signal for controlling the speed of said at least one motorized parallel actuator, said speed reference signal being generated according to a predetermined function of the value of said force signals; and a speed control circuit, which receives said speed reference signal and modulates a supply of said at least one of said parallel actuator, according to said speed reference signal, to control the speed of said at least one motorized parallel actuator, wherein said speed control circuit comprises a speed servocontrol loop which receives the speed reference signal and modulates the supply of said at least one motorized parallel actuator, said servocontrol loop being adapted to servocontrol the speed of the driving component of said at least one motorized parallel actuator from said speed reference signal.