Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Undercarriage fitted with a communication device between a wheel and the undercarriage
- Patent Title (中): 在车轮和起落架之间配有通讯装置的底盘系统
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Application No.: US12133484Application Date: 2008-06-05
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Publication No.: US07898487B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: Jean-Clair Pradier , Thomas Lavaud
- Applicant: Jean-Clair Pradier , Thomas Lavaud
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Ssagem Defense Securite
- Current Assignee: Ssagem Defense Securite
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: FR0704089 20070607
- Main IPC: H01Q1/32
- IPC: H01Q1/32

Abstract:
The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including at least one axle having at least one wheel mounted to rotate thereon, the undercarriage including a communication device for connecting a sensor mounted on a rim of the wheel to stationary processor means mounted on the aircraft. According to the invention, the communication device comprises firstly an antenna secured to the sensor and thus rotating together with the wheel, and secondly a stationary antenna extending at the end of the axle and connected to the processor means, the two antennas being in radio communication through a cover of non-conductive material secured to the wheel and covering the end of the axle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080303726A1 UNDERCARRIAGE FITTED WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE BETWEEN A WHEEL AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE Public/Granted day:2008-12-11
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