US 12,249,254 B2
Programmable interface for flight control devices
Joseph J. Scandle, Morton, PA (US); Paul Lee Redkoles, Mullica Hill, PA (US); and Michael Senoyuit, IV, Perkasie, PA (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/647,245.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215286 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G09B 9/08 (2006.01); G09B 9/30 (2006.01); G09B 9/46 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 9/302 (2013.01) [G09B 9/46 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotorcraft flight simulator system, comprising:
physical flight control devices for a rotorcraft vehicle, each of the physical flight control devices including a respective output connector and configured to generate, when actuated, one or more control signals via the output connector of that flight control device;
a programmable interface including:
multiple input pins, each of the output connectors of the flight control devices coupled to a respective input pin of the multiple input pins to communicate the respective control signals from the flight control devices to the respective input pins; and
a controller configured to attribute particular control signals received at a particular input pin of the multiple input pins to a specific flight control device of the flight control devices; and
a flight simulator computer configured to receive output signals from the controller via an Ethernet port, wherein the output signals include one or more sets of information associated with the control signals, the one or more sets of information including, for the specific flight control device:
header information indicating the specific flight control device; and
flight control data corresponding to a particular control signal received at the particular input pin, of the multiple input pins, that is associated with the specific flight control device.