EP0136005B1 - Mécanisme de commande ou d'amortissement d'un servo-actionneur - Google Patents
Mécanisme de commande ou d'amortissement d'un servo-actionneur Download PDFInfo
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F15B18/00—Parallel arrangements of independent servomotor systems
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- This invention relates to a servo mechanism for use in a fluid servo system and, more particularly, to aircraft flight control servo systems. More specifically, the invention relates to a servo actuator control/damping mechanism which utilizes and combines the functions of an electromechanically driven servo valve to achieve fluid flow and actuator (ram) load control even after loss of fluid power.
- Fluid servo systems are used for many purposes, one being to position the flight control surfaces of high performance aircraft.
- the servo system desirably should provide for control and damping of flight control surface displacements or flutter after loss of fluid power. Otherwise, aircraft damage or loss of control may result.
- a servo mechanism for use in a fluid servo system for controlling a fluid powered ram actuator having opposed pressure surfaces, comprising a servo valve including a valve member selectively positionable therein to provide variable fluid pressure and return flow orifices for metering fluid flow from a pressure port and pressure passage to either pressure surface of the ram and return flow from the other pressure surface of the ram to a return passage and return port through actuator passages between the servo valve and ram, a compensator between the return passage and return port, and additional passages between the return passage and actuator passages containing check valves, characterized by an electro-mechanical mechanism operative independently of fluid pressure to controllably position the valve member to effect controlled metering of high pressure fluid received from the pressure port through the variable fluid pressure orifices to either pressure surface of the ram for controlled actuation thereof and, in the even of a loss of such high pressure fluid, to effect regulated metering of bypass flow through the variable return flow orifices and across the
- a dual hydraulic servo system is designated generally by reference numeral 10 and includes two similar hydraulic servo actuators 12 and 14.
- the actuators 12 and 14 are connected to a common output device such as a dual tandem cylinder actuator or ram 16 which in turn may be connected to a control member such as a flight control element of an aircraft.
- a common output device such as a dual tandem cylinder actuator or ram 16 which in turn may be connected to a control member such as a flight control element of an aircraft.
- the two servo actuators 12, 14 normally are operated simultaneously to effect position control of the actuator or ram 16 and hence the flight control element.
- each servo actuator 12, 14 preferably is capable of properly effecting such position control independently of the other so that the control is maintained even when one of the servo actuators 12, 14 fails or is shut down. Accordingly, the two servo actuators 12, 14 in the overall system provide a redundancy feature that increases safe operation of the aircraft.
- the servo actuators 12 and 14 are similar and for ease in description, like reference numerals will be used to identify corresponding like elements of the two servo actuators.
- Each servo actuator 12, 14 has an inlet port 20 for connection with a source of high pressure hydraulic fluid and a return port 22 for connection with a hydraulic reservoir.
- the respective inlet and return ports 20, 22 of the servo actuators 12, 14 are connected to separate and independent hydraulic systems in the aircraft, so that in the event one of the hydraulic systems fails or shuts down, the servo actuator coupled to the other still functioning hydraulic system may be operated to effect the position control function.
- the hydraulic systems associated with the servo actuators 12 and 14 will respectively be referred to as the forward and aft hydraulic systems.
- an inlet passage 24 connects the inlet port 20 to a common main control servo valve designated generally by reference numeral 26.
- Each inlet passage 24 may be provided with a suitable filter 27 and a check valve 28 which blocks reverse flow through the inlet passage 24 from the servo valve to the inlet port.
- Each servo actuator 12, 14 also is provided with a return passage 30 which connects the return port 22 to the servo valve 26 via a damping mode accumulator or compensator 32 which serves to maintain pressure in the servo actuator sufficient to prevent cavitation across damping restrictions during damping mode operation as described hereinafter.
- the main control servo valve 26 includes a plunger or spool 34 longitudinally shiftable in a cylindrical bore 36 which may be formed by a sleeve (not shown) in an overall system housing.
- the plunger 34 has two fluidically isolated valving sections indicated generally at 38 and 40, which valving sections 38,40 are associated respectively with the actuators 12 and 14 and the passages 24 and 30 thereof.
- the plunger 34 may be selectively shifted from its illustrated neutral or centered position for selective connection of the passages 24 and 30 of each servo actuator 12, 14 to passages 42 and 44 in the same servo actuator.
- the passages 42 and 44 of both servo actuators 12 and 14 are connected to the ram 16 which includes a pair of cylinders 46 having respective pistons 48 connected to ram output rod 50 for common movement therewith. More specifically, the passages 42 and 44 of each servo actuator 12, 14 are connected to a corresponding one of the cylinders 46 of opposite sides of the piston 48. The passages 42 and 44 also are connected by respective branch passages 52 and 54 to a common passage 56 which in turn is connected to the corresponding return passage 30. As shown, the branch passages 52 and 54 are respectively provided with anti cavitation check valves 58 and 60 which block fluid flow from the passages 42 and 44 to the common passage 56 but permit free flow from common passage 56 to passages 42 and 44.
- each valving section 38, 40 of the plunger 34 has a pair of longitudinally (axially) spaced apart lands 60 and 62 which are locatable, as when the plunger 34 is in its neutral position, to block flow through respective metering ports 64 and 66 that respectively connect the passages 42 and 44 to the interior of the plunger bore 36.
- the lands 60 and 62 define therebetween a supply groove 68 which is in communication with the inlet passage 24 and outwardly thereof respective return grooves 70 and 72 which are inter-connected by passage 74 and in common communication with return passage 30.
- Controlled selective movement of the valve plunger 34 is desirably effected by an electric force motor 78 which may be located closely adjacent one end of the plunger.
- the force motor 78 may be of linear or rotary type and operative connection of the force motor 78 to the valve plunger 34 may be obtained by a link member 80.
- the force motor 78 is responsive to command signals received from an electronic control or command system indicated at 82 which may be located, for example, in the aircraft cockpit, whereby the force motor 78 serves as a control input to the valve plunger 34. Also, the force motor 78 preferably has redundant multiple parallel coils so that if one coil or its associated electronics should fail, its counterpart channel or channels will maintain control. Moreover, suitable failure monitoring circuitry is preferably provided to detect when and which channel has failed, and to uncouple or render passive the failed channel.
- Feed-back information to the command system 82 is obtained by position transducers or sensors 84 and 86 which are desirably operatively connected to an monitor the positions of the valve plunger 34 and ram output rod 50, respectively.
- electronic load sensors 88 or equivalent device are desirably operatively connected to respective cylinders 46 of the ram 16 for monitoring ram load and providing load feedback information to the command system 82 controlling the force motor 78.
- each load sensor 88 may be in the form of a differential pressure sensor including a position transducer 92 connected to a longitudinally shiftable spring centered piston 94.
- Opposite sides or pressure surfaces of the piston 94 are respectively connected by passages 96 and 98 to respective opposite sides or pressure surfaces of the piston 48 in the corresponding cylinder 46 of the ram whereby the position of the piston 94 and corresponding output of the transducer will be indicative of the direction and magnitude of differential pressure forces acting on the piston 48.
- each electronic load sensor 88 may be used during normal operation to provide dynamic load feed-back information to the command system 82 for implementation of damping and over-pressure relief functions in conventional manner. Further, each electronic load sensor 88 may be used during normal operation to provide surface hinge moment control and hinge moment limiting. This would allow the servo to become a torque or force servo rather than a positional servo.
- the command system 82 automatically implements damping mode operation.
- the check valves 28 and compensators 32 serve to maintain positive pressure in the system 10 after such loss of hydraulic power by checking fluid loss through the inlet and return ports 20 and 22.
- the compensators' fluid storage volume can be selected such that damping may be met for a specified minimum period of time.
- active or regulated damping control of the ram 16 is effected by modulating the valve plunger 34 to provide variable orifices which direct and meter bypass flow across each ram piston 48.
- the electromechanically driven servo valve 26 is not dependent on hydraulic power for valve plunger positioning whereby the valve plunger 34 will continue to respond to system commands as long as at least one channel of the motor 78 and associated electronics survives and remains operative.
- the valve plunger 34 is modulated in response to ram load feed-back information from the load sensors 88 which monitor the direction and amplitude of differential pressure across the pistons 48.
- each ram piston 48 may be bypassed across the ram 16 to the retract (right) side of each piston 48 by moving the valve plunger 34 to the right of its neutral position to provide a metering orifice connecting passage 42 to return passage 30.
- This establishes correspondingly metered bypass flow across each piston 48, such flow passing through passage 42 and the provided orifice to return passage 30 which directs the flow to the retract side of the piston via bypass passage 56 and branch passage 54.
- moving the valve plunger 34 to the left of its neutral position will establish and meter bypass flow in the opposite direction across each piston 48.
- the provided orifices may be controllably varied in size to provide desired damped bypass flow by selective positioning of the valve plunger in response to command signals dictated by sensed ram conditions, i.e., ram position monitored by position sensors 86 and ram load monitored by load sensors 88.
- Such active or regulated damping control in response to ram load feed-back further may have associated therewith an overload relief function in the damping mode.
- an appropriate command signal may be provided to position the valve plunger 34 at a location providing a desired orifice size sufficient to effect rapid relief of such overload condition in order to prevent damage to the actuator and the controlled element connected thereto.
- bypass flow across the ram 16 may be controlled by utilizing the existing flow metering pattern of the main control servo valve 26 and modulating the valve plunger 34 thereof to provide variable orifices for active damping and overload relief control. It also is noted that such active control is even more desirable in redundant systems as shown. If the ram 16 continues to be operated by high pressure fluid supplied to only one of the servo systems, the other servo system operates to effect by pass of the inactive portion of the ram 16. Therefore, the need in such instance for a separate bypass valve is eliminated by such implementation because the main control valve 26 is operated to permitfluid transfer across the respective piston 48 as in normal operation.
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US52911583A | 1983-09-02 | 1983-09-02 | |
US529115 | 1995-09-15 |
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EP0136005A1 EP0136005A1 (fr) | 1985-04-03 |
EP0136005B1 true EP0136005B1 (fr) | 1988-01-20 |
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JP (1) | JPS6073102A (fr) |
CA (1) | CA1210306A (fr) |
IL (1) | IL72551A (fr) |
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- 1984-07-18 CA CA000459140A patent/CA1210306A/fr not_active Expired
- 1984-07-27 EP EP84305122A patent/EP0136005B1/fr not_active Expired
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IL72551A (en) | 1989-02-28 |
JPS6073102A (ja) | 1985-04-25 |
IL72551A0 (en) | 1984-11-30 |
CA1210306A (fr) | 1986-08-26 |
EP0136005A1 (fr) | 1985-04-03 |
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