US 12,337,727 B2
Actuator control system
Suresh Babu Kappa Venkata, Bengaluru (IN); and Srikanth Annumandla, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,468.
Claims priority of application No. 202211039971 (IN), filed on Jul. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017643 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60N 2/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/0244 (2013.01) [B60N 2/02246 (2023.08); B60N 2/02253 (2023.08); B60N 2/0272 (2023.08)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuator control system, comprising:
a first motor having a first rotating shaft;
a second motor having a second rotating shaft;
a plurality of gear assemblies each including a gear disposed between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, each gear independently movable into and out of rotational engagement with one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft, and each gear coupled to a flexible shaft rotationally coupled to an actuator positioned apart from the gear;
a controller communicatively coupled to each of the first motor, the second motor, and the plurality of gear assemblies; and
at least one sensor configured to sense a condition of the actuator and output the sensed condition of the actuator to the controller for controlling at least one of a rotational direction of the first motor, a rotational direction of the second motor, and a position of each gear relative to at least one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft.