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US 2023/0406491 A1Published application
Tail rotor bearing condition monitoring
AssigneeMicrotecnica S.R.L.
InventorsAndrea MORNACCHI, Enrico QUAGLIA
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Abstract
An assembly for monitoring torque applied to a control rod of an actuator, the control rod mounted within and rotational relative to a housing, the assembly comprising a torsional spring located between the control rod and the housing, and one or more sensors for monitoring angular displacement of the control rod relative to the housing as consequence of torque applied to the control rod transmitted through the torsional spring.
Claims15
An assembly for monitoring torque applied to a control rod of an actuator, the control rod mounted within and rotational relative to a housing, the assembly comprising:
- a torsional spring located between the control rod and the housing;
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- one or more sensors for monitoring angular displacement of the control rod relative to the housing as consequence of torque applied to the control rod transmitted through the torsional spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.