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AssigneeSalunda Limited
InventorsAlan Patrick John Finlay, John Mark Newton, Andrew Henry John Larkins, Mathew William Davis, Grant Nicholls
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A sensor unit for a fingerboard latch assembly comprising a latch bracket and a latch rotatably mounted on the latch bracket comprises a sensor arranged to sense the orientation of the latch and a wireless, optical or other communication unit arranged to communicate the orientation of the latch sensed by the sensor. The sensor unit may be mountable on the latch and comprise an orientation sensor arranged to take measurements that are dependent on the orientation of the sensor unit, and a processor arranged to derive an orientation signal representing the orientation of the latch from the measurements, the communication unit being arranged to communicate the orientation signal. A monitoring system receives the sensed orientations from plural sensor units.
A latch for a fingerboard latch assembly, the latch having an aperture and comprising a sensor unit, the sensor unit comprising a housing that houses electronic components including an accelerometer or inclinometer arranged to sense the orientation of the latch, the sensor unit being inserted in the aperture in the latch and further comprising a retaining member, the housing and the retaining member comprising screw threads that are screwed together so that the retaining member engages with the housing and retain the sensor unit in the aperture, wherein the electronic components further include a wireless communication unit arranged to wirelessly communicate the orientation of the latch sensed by the sensor, the wireless communication unit comprising a radio communication interface that is arranged to provide radio communication at a radio frequency wavelength that is less than a minimum spacing between plural fingerboard latch assemblies mounted on a fingerboard.
A latch for a fingerboard latch assembly, the latch having an aperture and comprising a sensor unit, the sensor unit comprising a housing that houses electronic components including an accelerometer or inclinometer arranged to sense the orientation of the latch,
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