1. An electrical system of an aircraft, comprising:
a first control computer configured to control at least one first actuator,
a second control computer configured to control at least one second actuator,
wherein the first control computer comprises at least one first digital control module and one second digital control module configured to calculate control command data for the at least one first actuator and at least one second actuator,
wherein the second control computer comprises at least one first digital control module and one second digital control module,
wherein each digital control module of each control computer is arranged to calculate a control command for the actuator unit of the first control computer,
wherein the calculated control command from each digital control module is arranged to be transferred internally of the first control computer and the second control computer to the other digital control modules residing in the first control computer and the second control computer,
wherein the first digital control module of the second control computer and the first digital control module of the first control computer form a communications pair, wherein the first digital control module of the second control computer is configured to communicate the calculated control command data for the at least one first actuator to the first digital control module of the first control computer,
wherein the first control computer comprises a first actuator control module connected with a physical connection to the first digital control module and configured to receive from the first digital control module the control command data for the at least one first actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and the control command data for the at least one first actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the second control computer and to provide control signals to control the at least one first actuator to a desired position based on the control command data from the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and the second control computer.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each digital control module is arranged to receive actuator data from an actuator control module from the first control computer andor a second control computer.
3. The system of a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first digital control module of the first control computer is arranged to communicate the calculated control command data for the at least one second actuator to the first digital control module of the second control computer, wherein the second control computer comprises a second actuator control module arranged to receive from the first digital control module of the second control computer the control command data for the at least one second actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the second control computer and the control command data for the at least one second actuator calculated by the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and to provide control signals to control the second actuator to a desired position based on the control command data from the first digital control module and the second digital control module of the first control computer and the second control computer.
4. The system according to claim 3, further comprising:
a digital data carrier arranged to connect the first control computer and the second control computer, wherein the second computer comprises a third digital control module, a third actuator control module configured to control a third actuator, a fourth digital control module, and a fourth actuator control module configured to control a fourth actuator, wherein the third digital control module is configured to generate and transfer control command data for the at least one first actuator to the fourth digital control module and the fourth digital control module is configured to generate and transfer control command data for the at least one first actuator to the third digital control module, furthermore, is the third digital control module arranged to receive control command data relating to the at least one first actuator from the fourth digital control module, and the fourth digital control module is arranged to receive control command data relating to the at least one first actuator from the third digital control module, wherein the third digital control module and the fourth digital control module are arranged to transfer the control command data toward the first actuator control module via the first digital control module of the first control computer and the first digital control module of the second control computer.
5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the third digital control module is arranged to transmit the control command data over a point to point connection on the digital data carrier to one of the digital control modules of the first control computer and the fourth digital control module is arranged to transmit the control command data over a point to point connection on the digital data carrier to a different digital control modules of the first control computer.
6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the first digital control module is arranged to receive the control command data relating to the first actuator from the third digital control module, and the first digital control module of the second control computer is arranged to receive the control command data relating to the first actuator from the fourth digital control module, wherein the first digital control module of the first control computer and the first digital control module of the second control computer are arranged to transfer the control command data to the first actuator control module.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first control computer comprises a first voting mechanism that allows any number of digital control modules residing in the first computer to produce an output to be used in voting process to determine the mode of the at least one first actuator connected to the first control computer, and wherein the second control computer is arranged to perform a second voting process, with inputs from any number of digital control modules residing in the second control computer, and wherein the result of this second voting is configured to be used as an input to the first voting mechanism in order to determine a mode of said actuator.
8. The system according to claim 2, wherein the actuator data is used in the calculation of the first control command data.
9. The system according to claim 2, wherein the actuator data is used in determining an output indicating a set condition of an actuator mode valve.
10. The system according to claim 1, wherein each digital control module is configured to check the validity of the calculated control command data.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing; and
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of a coolant from the coolant jacket, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant; and
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core, and wherein at least a portion of the coolant apertures are substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator end turns; and
wherein a first portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially inward toward at least one of the axial faces of the stator core, and a second portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially outward; and
wherein the stator assembly is positioned within the machine cavity so that the first portion of stator end turns is substantially adjacent to the first group of coolant apertures and the second portion of stator end turns is substantially adjacent to the second group of coolant apertures.
2. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing; and
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of a coolant from the coolant jacket, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant; and
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core, and wherein at least a portion of the coolant apertures are substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator end turns; and
wherein a first portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially inward toward at least one of the axial faces of the stator core, and a second portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially outward; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a third group of coolant apertures configured and arranged to direct at least a portion of the coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns and a fourth group of coolant apertures configured and arranged to direct at least a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location.
3. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing; and
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising:
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of a coolant from the coolant jacket, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant; and
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly comprising a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core, and wherein at least a portion of the coolant apertures are substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator end turns; and
wherein a first portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially inward toward at least one of the axial faces of the stator core, and a second portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially outward; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a third group of coolant apertures configured and arranged to direct at least a portion of the coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns and a fourth group of coolant apertures configured and arranged to direct at least a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location; and
wherein the stator assembly is positioned within the machine cavity so that the first portion of the stator end turns is substantially adjacent to the third group of coolant apertures and the second portion of stator end turns is substantially adjacent to the fourth group of coolant apertures.
4. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing;
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity and at least partially enclosed by the housing so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly including a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core;
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures positioned substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator assembly, and the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising:
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of a coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location; and
wherein a first portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially inward toward at least one of the axial faces of the stator core, and a second portion of the stator end turns are configured and arranged to guide at least a portion of the coolant axially outward away from at least one of the axial faces of the stator core; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a third group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct at least a portion of the coolant to an impingement location on a portion of the stator end turns substantially immediately adjacent to the stator core, the third group of coolant apertures being further configured and arranged so that after contacting the stator end turns, at least a portion of the coolant flows axially outward, and wherein the stator assembly is positioned within the machine cavity so that the first portion of the stator end turns is substantially adjacent to the third group of coolant apertures.
5. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing;
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity and at least partially enclosed by the housing so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly including a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core;
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures positioned substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator assembly, and the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising:
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of a coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a fourth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket toward the stator end turns and a fifth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant.
6. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing;
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity and at least partially enclosed by the housing so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly including a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core;
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures positioned substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator assembly, and the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising:
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of a coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a fourth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket toward the stator end turns and a fifth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant; and
wherein the fourth group of coolant apertures comprises a greater number of coolant apertures relative to the fifth group of coolant apertures.
7. An electric machine module comprising:
a housing at least partially defining a machine cavity;
a coolant jacket being at least partially positioned within the housing;
a stator assembly positioned within the machine cavity and at least partially enclosed by the housing so that the coolant jacket substantially circumscribes at least a portion of the stator assembly, the stator assembly including a stator core including axial faces and stator end turns extending from the stator core;
a plurality of coolant apertures being at least partially circumferentially disposed through a portion of the housing so that the coolant jacket is in fluid communication with the machine cavity, the plurality of coolant apertures positioned substantially adjacent to at least a portion of the stator assembly, and the plurality of coolant apertures further comprising:
a first group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of a coolant to a first impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, and
a second group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a portion of the coolant to a second impingement location on at least a portion of the stator end turns, wherein the first impingement location is a greater axial distance from the stator core than is the second impingement location; and
wherein the plurality of coolant apertures further comprises a fourth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a first volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket toward the stator end turns and a fifth group of coolant apertures being configured and arranged to direct a second volume of the coolant from the coolant jacket, wherein the first volume of coolant is greater than the second volume of coolant; and
wherein at least a portion of the fourth group of coolant apertures comprises a greater perimeter relative to the fifth group of coolant apertures.