IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,798
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,798 · App. 18/031,646 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Control stick for military aircraft

Inventors: Tae Hwan Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR); Sang Woo Noh (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR); Jin Woo Ahn (Gyeongsangnam-do, KR)
Assignee: Defense Agency for Technology and Quality
A61B5/6897A41D19/0027A61B5/02055A61B5/318A61B5/6806B64C13/0421B64D45/00A61B5/02438A61B2503/22B64D2045/0065
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Patent No.
US 12,376,798
App. No.
18/031,646
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a control stick for a military aircraft, a system for managing health information regarding a pilot, a military aircraft, and a simulator for a military aircraft. According to the control stick for a military aircraft, the system for managing health information regarding a pilot, the military aircraft, the military aircraft, and the simulator for a military aircraft of the present application, health information regarding a pilot may be continuously monitored, and flight accidents such as personal damage and material damage may be prevented via the collection of the health information.

Claims (43)

1. A military aircraft control stick comprising:

an attitude control unit; and

an engine thrust control unit,

wherein each of the attitude control unit and the engine thrust control unit includes:

a detection module configured to detect a biometric information of a pilot;

a reception module configured to receive the biometric information detected by the detection module; and

a transmission module configured to transmit the biometric information received by the reception module to a flight recorder.

2. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the attitude control unit includes:

a trim switch;

a camera control switch;

an armament launch and drop switch;

a missile step nosewheel switch;

a screen display control switch;

a paddle switch;

a pinky switch;

a target designation or selection switch; and

a trigger.

3. The military aircraft control stick of claim 2 , wherein the attitude control unit further includes a detection module configured to detect one or more pieces of biometric information selected from the group consisting of an electrocardiogram and a temperature.

4. The military aircraft control stick of claim 3 , wherein, in the attitude control unit, the detection module configured to detect the electrocardiogram is provided at one or more of the trigger and a lower end of a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

5. The military aircraft control stick of claim 4 , wherein the reception module is provided adjacent to the detection module provided in the attitude control unit or the engine thrust control unit and configured to detect the electrocardiogram.

6. The military aircraft control stick of claim 3 , wherein, in the attitude control unit, a module configured to detect the temperature is provided at an upper end of a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

7. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the attitude control unit includes a detection module configured to detect biometric information including a heart rate and a pressure.

8. The military aircraft control stick of claim 7 , wherein, in the attitude control unit, the detection module configured to detect the heart rate is provided at a lower end of a side surface opposite to a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

9. The military aircraft control stick of claim 7 , wherein, in the attitude control unit, the detection module configured to detect the pressure is provided at a center of a side surface opposite to a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

10. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the engine thrust control unit includes:

an antenna elevation switch;

a communication switch;

a speed brake switch;

a manual range or uncaging switch and

a dog fight or missile switch.

11. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the engine thrust control unit includes a detection module configured to detect one or more pieces of biometric information selected from the group consisting of an electrocardiogram, a temperature, a pressure, and a heart rate.

12. The military aircraft control stick of claim 11 , wherein, in the engine thrust control unit, the detection modules configured to detect the electrocardiogram, the temperature, and the pressure are sequentially provided on a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

13. The military aircraft control stick of claim 11 , wherein, in the engine thrust control unit, a detection module configured to detect the heart rate is provided at a lower end of a side surface opposite to a side surface adjacent to the pilot.

14. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the reception module directly receives a signal generated by the detection module without conversion into a different signal.

15. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the transmission module includes a connection cable configured to connect the military aircraft control stick to the flight recorder.

16. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , wherein the transmission module transmits the received biometric information to the flight recorder according to a 1553 communication protocol.

17. The military aircraft control stick of claim 1 , further including a power module configured to apply power to the detection module, the reception module, and the transmission module.

18. A health information management system for a pilot using the military aircraft control stick according to claim 1 .

19. The health information management system of claim 18 , further comprising a control glove configured to allow a hand of a pilot to come into direct contact with the military aircraft control stick.

20. The health information management system of claim 19 , wherein the control glove has conductive fiber pads attached to a palm surface and a knuckle surface adjacent to the palm surface to transmit a microcurrent of the pilot's skin.

21. The health information management system of claim 20 , wherein the control glove further has transparent pads attached to knuckle surfaces of fingertips to measure a heart rate using a blood flow of a finger.

22. A military aircraft including the military aircraft control stick according to claim 1 .

23. A military aircraft simulator including the military aircraft control stick according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2023
From: KIM, TAE HWAN; NOH, SANG WOO; AHN, JIN WOO
To: DEFENSE AGENCY FOR TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY
Reel/Frame 063668/0516 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0131778 · Oct 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230384817A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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