ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,067, issued on May 27, was assigned to Lockheed Martin Corp. (Bethesda, Md.).
"Deadband control for an aircraft" was invented by Leonard Wengler (Palm City, Fla.) and Matthew T. Luszcz (Hamden, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an aircraft based on movement of a control stick. The method includes creating a deadband of the control stick, where the deadband extends between the central axis and a first angular distance from the central axis, controlling, in response to the control stick being positioned within the deadband, the aircraft according to a first control mode, controlling, in response to the control ...