System and method for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft
AssigneeLiebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
InventorsChristian Kohlöffel, Raphael Ladner
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft, wherein the system has a movable component and a monitoring device, wherein the system also has a combination sensor connected to the monitoring device, which is designed and arranged to detect a kinematic and/or kinetic state of the component, wherein the monitoring device is designed to monitor and/or detect an operational state of the component.
Claims19
System for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft, wherein the system comprises the movable component and a monitoring device, wherein the system also has a combination sensor connected to the monitoring device, which is configured to and arranged to detect a kinematic state and/or a kinetic state of the movable component,
- wherein the combination sensor comprises a kinematic sensor and a kinetic sensor,
- wherein the kinematic sensor and the kinetic sensor share a measuring coil,
- wherein the monitoring device is configured to monitor and/or detect the operational state of the movable component,
- wherein the kinematic state comprises a position, a velocity, and/or acceleration of the movable component, and
- wherein the kinetic state comprises a load acting on the movable component.
Method for monitoring and/or detecting an operational state of a movable component of an aircraft having a system comprising the movable component and a monitoring device, wherein the system also has a combination sensor connected to the monitoring device, which is configured to and arranged to detect a kinematic state and/or a kinetic state of the movable component, wherein the combination sensor comprises a kinematic sensor and a kinetic sensor, wherein the kinematic sensor and the kinetic sensor share a measuring coil, and wherein the monitoring device is configured to monitor and/or detect the operational state of the movable component,
- wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- detecting the kinematic and/or the kinetic state of the movable component using the combination sensor,
- monitoring and/or detecting the operational state of the movable component,
- wherein the kinematic state comprises a position, a velocity, and/or acceleration of the movable component, and
- wherein the kinetic state comprises a load acting on the movable component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.