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US 2017/0363503 A1Published application
Mobile bridge apparatus
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsIAN EDWARD TOTHILL, TIMOTHY JOHN DAVIS
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Abstract
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a mobile bridge apparatus, comprising: one or more mobile bridge modules; and a plurality of sensors for sensing a deformation of the one or more mobile bridge modules.
Claims20
A mobile bridge apparatus, comprising:
- one or more mobile bridge modules;
- and
- a plurality of sensors for sensing a deformation of the one or more mobile bridge modules.
A method of managing a mobile bridge apparatus, the apparatus including one or more mobile bridge modules and a plurality of sensors for sensing a deformation of the one or more mobile bridge modules, the method comprising:
- managing the mobile bridge apparatus based on deformation information obtained using the plurality of deformation sensors.
The method of 14, wherein the managing comprises one or more of:
- reorienting one or more mobile bridge modules;
- repositioning one or more mobile bridge modules;
- maintaining one or more mobile bridge modules;
- and/or
- replacing one or more mobile bridge modules.
2 more elements
A mobile bridge apparatus, comprising:
- one or more mobile bridge modules;
- and
- a plurality of sensors for sensing a deformation of the one or more mobile bridge modules, wherein each sensor is bonded to a respective bridge module, as part of a non-destructive reinforcement of that module, and wherein each sensor is battery powered and arranged to be interrogated so as to allow deformation information to be obtained from the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.