Systems and methods for detecting and removing residue from low current electrical contacts
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsMichael James Bunting, Dean Anh Nguyen
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Abstract
A system, a method, a device, and an apparatus include a control unit configured to determine contact resistance of one or more electrical contacts of one or more circuits by, at least in part, applying a test current to the one or more circuits, cycling a connection in relation to the one or more circuits a predetermined number of times, and determining steady behavior of the one or more circuits in response to a measurement for each cycle remaining within a predetermined threshold of a first measurement.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a control unit configured to determine contact resistance of one or more electrical contacts of one or more circuits by, at least in part, applying a test current to the one or more circuits, cycling a connection in relation to the one or more circuits a predetermined number of times, and determining steady behavior of the one or more circuits in response to a measurement for each cycle remaining within a predetermined threshold of a first measurement.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a control unit, contact resistance of one or more electrical contacts of one or more circuits, wherein said determining comprises:
- applying a test current to the one or more circuits;
- cycling a connection in relation to the one or more circuits a predetermined number of times;
- and
- determining steady behavior of the one or more circuits in response to a measurement for each cycle remaining within a predetermined threshold of a first measurement.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause one or more control units comprising a processor, to perform operations comprising:
- determining contact resistance of one or more electrical contacts of one or more circuits, wherein said determining comprises:
- applying a test current to the one or more circuits;
- cycling a connection in relation to the one or more circuits a predetermined number of times;
- and
- determining steady behavior of the one or more circuits in response to a measurement for each cycle remaining within a predetermined threshold of a first measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.