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US 10,370,091 B2Granted
Aircraft assembly with load and position indicator
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsStuart John Lacy, Indrakaji Gurung
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Abstract
An aircraft assembly (10) having an indicator (20) configured to provide an indication of when an element of the aircraft assembly has received a predetermined load or traveled to a predetermined position.
Claims24
An aircraft assembly comprising:
- a moveable element movable through a range of motion and comprising a portion of a landing gear for an aircraft;
- and
- a rehomeable indicator mechanically movable between a non-home position and a home position, wherein the rehomeable indicator comprises a bistable spring band having a first stable condition corresponding to the non-home position and a second stable condition corresponding to the home position,
- wherein the rehomeable indicator is operably coupled with the moveable element such that the rehomeable indicator moves from the home position to the non-home position in response to the moveable element moving to a predetermined position within the range of motion.
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An aircraft comprising:
- a mounting surface;
- and
- an aircraft assembly coupled to the mounting surface, comprising:
- a moveable element movable through a range of motion;
- and
- a rehomeable indicator mechanically movable between a non-home position and a home position, the rehomeable indicator comprising a bistable spring band having a first stable condition corresponding to the non-home position and a second stable condition corresponding to the home position, wherein a free end of the rehomeable indicator is in a curled position when the rehomeable indicator is in the non-home position;
- wherein the rehomeable indicator is operably coupled with the moveable element such that the rehomeable indicator moves from the home position to the non-home position in response to the moveable element moving to a predetermined position within the range of motion.
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An aircraft assembly comprising:
- a moveable element movable through a range of motion and comprising a portion of a landing gear for an aircraft;
- and
- a rehomeable indicator mechanically movable between a non-home position and a home position, the rehomeable indicator comprising a bistable spring band having a first stable condition corresponding to the non-home position and a second stable condition corresponding to the home position;
- wherein the rehomeable indicator is operably coupled with the moveable element such that the rehomeable indicator moves from the home position to the non-home position in response to the moveable element moving to a predetermined position within the range of motion, and wherein the rehomeable indicator is non-frangible when moving between the home and non-home positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.