Wheel speed transducer test adapter
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMatthew Norris Mellon, Joseph Edward Flach
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Abstract
A wheel speed transducer test adapter and method for wheel speed transducer testing. The wheel speed transducer test adapter includes a socket for engagement with a wheel hub. A clevis is rotatable within the socket and with respect to the socket and the wheel hub. The clevis is engaged with a wheel speed transducer attached to the wheel hub. A collar secures the clevis to the socket. A torque supplying device rotates the clevis at a consistent speed which in turn rotates the wheel speed transducer to test the wheel speed transducer after repair or replacement. The entire assembly ensures stability and alignment while the clevis and wheel speed transducer rotate.
Claims20
A wheel speed transducer test adapter, comprising:
- a socket;
- a rotatable structure that is rotatable within the socket about an axis common to both the rotatable structure and the socket, wherein the rotatable structure comprises:
- a cylindrical body;
- an interface connected to the cylindrical body, the interface for engagement with a wheel speed transducer;
- and
- a head extending from the cylindrical body opposite the interface;
- and
- a collar secured to the rotatable structure.
A system for testing an aircraft wheel speed transducer, comprising:
- a wheel speed transducer mounted to an aircraft wheel;
- a socket shaped to engage the aircraft wheel;
- a rotatable structure that is rotatable within the socket and shaped to engage the wheel speed transducer, wherein the rotatable structure comprises:
- a cylindrical body;
- an interface connected to the cylindrical body, the interface for engagement with the wheel speed transducer;
- and
- a head extending from the cylindrical body opposite the interface;
- and
- a collar secured to the rotatable structure;
- wherein torque applied to the rotatable structure causes the rotatable structure and the wheel speed transducer to rotate with respect to the socket.
A method for wheel speed transducer testing, the method comprising:
- exposing a wheel speed transducer mounted to a wheel;
- positioning a rotatable structure within a socket such that the rotatable structure is rotatable within the socket about an axis common to both the rotatable structure and the socket;
- engaging the wheel with the socket;
- engaging the wheel speed transducer with the rotatable structure;
- and
- applying torque to the rotatable structure such that the rotatable structure rotates with respect to the socket and transmits rotational movement to the wheel speed transducer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.