Goodrich Corporation

Hornet Acquisitionco, LLC

Alan F Leingang

Chuang-Chia Lin

Christopher Sanden

Richard Bryson

Owen Riehle

Brian Snyder

Dave Lopes

Dennis Robertson

Odd Harald Steep Eriksen

A control system for a component of a rescue hoist attached to an aircraft is disclosed. In various embodiments, the control system includes a first bus extending between a control module of the rescue hoist and a control input device; a second bus extending between the control module of the rescue hoist and the control input device; and a hardwire extending between the control module of the rescue hoist and the control input device.

Dual bus and hardwire architecture for high reliability control of helicopter hoist

Health and usage monitoring systems for aircraft hoist systems are described herein. In some embodiments, a health and usage monitoring system comprises a capacitive load cell and a processing unit for communication with the capacitive load cell, the capacitive load cell comprising a load receiving surface and a capacitive assembly coupled to the load receiving surface, the capacitive assembly comprising parallel electrically conductive plates separated by a reversibly deformable spacer construction wherein the parallel plates comprise aligned apertures providing a passageway through the capacitive assembly for the hoist system cable.

Hoist health and usage monitoring system and components thereof

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Orange, CA, United States of America

Alan F Leingang