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US 9,520,919 B2Granted
Magnetic wireless ground data link for aircraft health monitoring
AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorsSanjay Bajekal, Michael Anthony Lynch
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Abstract
A system and method of communicating a signal is disclosed. An aircraft is moved so that an aircraft-based coil is within a selected volume defined by a ground-based coil. A current is modulated in one of the aircraft-based coil and the ground-based coil to generate a magnetic field in the volume. A current generated in the other of the aircraft-based coil and the ground-based coil in response to the generated magnetic field is measured to communicate the signal.
Claims14
A method of communicating a signal, comprising:
- determining that aircraft-based coil is within a selected volume defined by a ground-based coil fixed in the ground, wherein the ground-based coil fixedly located underneath a ground surface;
- modulating a current in one of the aircraft-based coil and the ground-based coil to generate a magnetic field in the volume;
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- communicating the signal by measuring a current generated in the other of the aircraft-based coil and the ground-based coil in response to the generated magnetic field.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a ground-based coil fixedly located underneath a ground surface;
- a ground-based transceiver configured to generate and measure a magnetic field at the ground-based coil to communicate a signal;
- an aircraft-based coil conveyed on an aircraft;
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- a transceiver conveyed on the aircraft configured to generate and measure a magnetic field at the aircraft-based coil to communicate the signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.