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US 2013/0173092 A1Published application
Systems and methods for issuing a hard landing warning and providing maintenance advisories for hard landing incidents
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsNagarajan Chandran, Girish M. Lad
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Abstract
An aircraft is provided. The aircraft may include, but is not limited to, an accelerometer configured to measure a deceleration experienced by the aircraft and a processor coupled to the accelerometer. The processor may be configured to determine if the aircraft experienced a hard landing if the deceleration experienced by the aircraft was greater than a predetermined threshold, and generate a maintenance advisory if the aircraft experienced a hard landing.
Claims20
An aircraft, comprising:
- an accelerometer configured to measure a deceleration experienced by the aircraft;
- and
- a processor coupled to the accelerometer, the processor configured to:
- determine if the aircraft experienced a hard landing if the deceleration experienced by the aircraft was greater than a predetermined threshold;
- and
- generate a maintenance advisory if the aircraft experienced a hard landing.
3 more elements
A hard landing warning system for an aircraft, comprising:
- at least one flight instrument collecting flight instrument data;
- a hard landing indicator;
- and
- a processor coupled to the at least one flight instrument and the hard landing indicator, the processor configured to:
- determine if the aircraft is in the landing phase based upon the flight instrument data;
- determine, when the aircraft is in a landing phase, a descent condition of the aircraft based upon the flight instrument data;
- and
- issue a hard landing warning via the hard landing indicator if the descent condition indicates a potential hard landing before the aircraft has landed.
5 more elements
A method executed by a processor, the method comprising:
- determining if an aircraft is in a landing phase;
- determining, when the aircraft is in the landing phase, a descent condition for the aircraft;
- and
- issuing a hard landing warning when the descent condition indicates a possibility of a hard landing before the aircraft has landed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.