Frangible antenna mount and electrical interconnect for aircraft components, with break detection
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsTorsten Mack, Douglas Allyn Miller
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a frangible sensor assembly that includes a circuit board having a retained section, a frangible portion, and a detachable section separated from the retained section by the frangible portion, a conductive element on the retained section that spans the frangible portion, and a sensor sub-assembly electrically coupled to the conductive element. The sensor sub-assembly monitors a continuity signal via the conductive element, detects a break of the frangible portion based on the continuity signal, and generates an alert notification in response to the break of the frangible portion.
Claims20
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) comprising:
- a fuselage;
- and
- a plurality of wings, at least one of the plurality of wings including a frangible sensor assembly comprising:
- a circuit board including a retained section, a frangible portion, and a detachable section separated from the retained section by the frangible portion,
- a conductive element on the retained section that spans the frangible portion, and
- a sensor sub-assembly electrically coupled to the conductive element, wherein the sensor sub-assembly is to monitor a continuity signal via the conductive element, detect a break of the frangible portion based on the continuity signal, and generate an alert notification in response to the break of the frangible portion.
A frangible sensor assembly comprising:
- a circuit board including a retained section, a frangible portion, and a detachable section separated from the retained section by the frangible portion;
- a conductive element on the retained section that spans the frangible portion;
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- a sensor sub-assembly electrically coupled to the conductive element, wherein the sensor sub-assembly is to monitor a continuity signal via the conductive element, detect a break of the frangible portion based on the continuity signal, and generate an alert notification in response to the break of the frangible portion.
At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- monitor a continuity signal via a conductive element, wherein the conductive element is on a retained section of a circuit board and spans a frangible portion of the circuit board, and wherein a detachable section of the circuit board is separated from the retained section by the frangible portion;
- detect a break of the frangible portion based on the continuity signal;
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- generate an alert notification in response to the break of the frangible portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.