Platform assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsWilliam Bryan Perry, David Earl Headley
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Abstract
An automated warning system for a platform assembly. The system includes a measuring device mountable on the platform assembly for measuring a parameter representing loading on the assembly, a warning device for generating a warning, and a processor operatively connected to the measuring device and the warning device. The processor is configured to receive information relating to at least one of the design and operation of at least one of the platform assembly and the object, determine a limit for the parameter based on the information, compare the parameter to the limit, and activate the warning device to generate a warning when the parameter compares unfavorably to the limit.
Claims20
An automated warning system for use in combination with a platform assembly including a platform for holding personnel and/or items used to perform work on an object, said system comprising:
- a measuring device mountable on the platform assembly for measuring a parameter representing loading of said personnel and/or said items on the assembly;
- a warning device for generating a warning;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to the measuring device and the warning device, said processor being configured to:
- receive information related to at least one of the design and operation of at least one of the platform assembly and the object;
- determine a limit for the parameter based on the information;
- compare the parameter to the limit;
- and
- activate the warning device to generate a warning when the parameter unfavorably compares to the limit.
A platform assembly for use in combination with an object, said assembly comprising:
- a support;
- a platform extending from the support for holding personnel and/or items used to perform work on said object;
- a measuring device mounted on at least one of the platform, the support, and the object for measuring a parameter representing loading of said personnel and/or said items on at least one of the platform, the support, and the object;
- a warning device for generating a warning;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to the measuring device and the warning device, said processor being configured to:
- receive information relating to at least one of the design and the operation of at least one of the platform assembly and the object;
- determine a limit for the parameter based on the information;
- compare the parameter to the limit;
- and
- activate the warning device to generate a warning when the parameter compares unfavorably to the limit.
An automated warning system for use in combination with a platform assembly attached to an object and including a platform for holding personnel and/or items used to perform work on the object, said system comprising:
- a measuring device mountable on the object for measuring a parameter representing loading on the object resulting from force transmitted from said personnel and/or said items on the platform assembly to the object;
- a warning device for generating a warning;
- and
- a processor operatively connected to the measuring device and the warning device, said processor being configured to:
- compare the parameter to a limit for the parameter;
- and
- activate the warning device to generate a warning when the parameter compares unfavorably with the limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.