Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weight-on-gear sensor
- Patent Title (中): 齿轮传感器
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Application No.: US12640064Application Date: 2009-12-17
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Publication No.: US08226030B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: James Grant Mast , Charles Eric Covington , Paul Eugene Darden , William L. McKeown
- Applicant: James Grant Mast , Charles Eric Covington , Paul Eugene Darden , William L. McKeown
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agent James E. Walton; Noah A. Tevis
- Main IPC: B64C25/52
- IPC: B64C25/52

Abstract:
A weight-on-gear sensor for use on an aircraft with landing skids having a bracket and a displacement sensor attached to the bracket is disclosed. The bracket has a center member connecting a first end member to a second end member. The center member has a centerline and the end members extend from the centerline of the center member. Mounting members extend along the centerline of the center member to facilitate attachment of the bracket to a cross tube. The displacement sensor connects the first end member to the second end member. The displacement sensor is parallel to, and offset from, the centerline of the center member so that when a bending moment is applied to the center member the first displacement sensor is either elongated or shortened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100095788A1 Weight-on-Gear Sensor Public/Granted day:2010-04-22
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