Pressure transducing gasket systems
AssigneeArconic Technologies LLC
InventorLester Taku Sato
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Abstract
A fenestration system includes opposing first and second rigid components, a gasket interposing the first and second rigid components, the gasket being made of an electrically-conductive material and exhibiting a baseline resistance when arranged between the first and second rigid components, and a control system communicably coupled to the gasket with one or more wires and operable to monitor a real-time resistance of the gasket and generate a signal when the real-time resistance deviates from the baseline resistance.
Claims20
A fenestration system, comprising:
- opposing first and second rigid components;
- a gasket interposing the first and second rigid components, the gasket being made of an electrically-conductive material and exhibiting a baseline resistance when arranged between the first and second rigid components;
- three or more wires coupled to the gasket along a length thereof;
- and
- a control system communicably coupled to the gasket with the three or more wires and operable to:
- monitor, with the three or more wires, a plurality of real-time, localized resistances of the gasket;
- and
- generate a signal when at least one of the real-time, localized resistances deviates from the baseline resistance.
A method of monitoring a fenestration system that includes:
- opposing first and second rigid components;
- a gasket interposing the first and second rigid components and being made of an electrically-conductive material;
- three or more wires coupled to the gasket along a length thereof;
- and
- a control system communicably coupled to the gasket with the three or more wires, wherein the method comprises:
- measuring a baseline resistance of the gasket;
- monitoring, with the three wires, a plurality of real-time, localized resistances of the gasket with the control system;
- and
- generating a signal with the control system when at least one of the real-time, localized resistances deviates from the baseline resistance.
A fenestration system, comprising:
- opposing first and second rigid components;
- a gasket made of an electrically-conductive material and interposing the first and second rigid components, the gasket including opposing first and second ends, and exhibiting a baseline resistance when arranged between the first and second components;
- a first wire coupled to the first end of the gasket;
- a second wire coupled to the second end of the gasket;
- a third wire coupled to the gasket at a location intermediate to the first and second ends;
- and
- a control system communicably coupled to the gasket with the first, second, and third wires and operable to:
- monitor, with the first and second wires, a first localized resistance of the gasket;
- monitor, with the second and third wires, a second localized resistance of the gasket;
- and
- generate a signal when at least one of the first or second localized resistances deviates from the baseline resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.