US Patent Issued to BOMBARDIER on Aug. 12 for "Aircraft control systems and methods using sliding mode control and feedback linearization" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,362, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BOMBARDIER INC. (Dorval, Canada).

"Aircraft control systems and methods using sliding mode control and feedback linearization" was invented by Aymeric Kron (Beaconsfield, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for controlling a bank angle, a heading angle and an altitude of an aircraft during flight are provided. The methods and systems disclosed herein make use of sliding mode control and feedback linearization control (nonlinear dynamic control) techniques. The methods and systems can provide autopilot-type functions that can autonomously execute aggressive maneuvers as wel...