Rosemount Aerospace Limited

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.

Cal Roeske

Rameshkumar Balasubramanian

John D Hatlestad

Loell Boyce Moon

Jeffrey P Cook

Brian Brent Naslund

Ashutosh Kumar Jha

William Kunik

Thomas G Wiegele

Michael J Haukom

Mahesh Ainapure

David F Larsen

Praveen Valiyaparambil

A coordinator for use in a system for monitoring a vehicle-borne probe includes a first communication interface configured to exchange data with at least one edge device of a plurality of edge devices, a second communication interface configured to exchanged data with a cloud infrastructure and at least one vehicle system, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to analyze synthesized data comprising first data outputs from at least one edge device of the plurality of edge devices, second data outputs from at least one edge device of the plurality of edge devices, and data from the at least one vehicle system. The processing unit is further configured to implement a data processing application to analyze the synthesized data to generate a third data output, and incorporate the synthesized data and the third data output into a data package.

Dynamic air data probe prognostics health monitoring coordinator

A method for monitoring a vehicle-borne probe includes receiving, by a first edge device in communication with the probe, sensed data related to a characteristic of a heating element of the probe, analyzing, by a first application of the first edge device, the sensed data to generate a first data output, receiving, by a coordinator in communication with the first edge device, the first data output, and incorporating the first data output into a data package, receiving, by a cloud infrastructure in communication with the coordinator, the data package via a data gateway, and analyzing, by one of the cloud infrastructure and a ground station, the data package to estimate a remaining useful life and a failure of the probe.

Dynamic multi-stage air data probe prognostics health monitoring system

A windscreen wiper system (WWS) architecture is provided. The WWS architecture includes a wiper assembly and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to control operations of the wiper assembly. The ECU is configured to recognize that a command to engage a predefined wiper mode is received. The predefined wiper mode is characterized in that a windscreen is divided into sectors and the wiper assembly is controllably operated to sweep across one or more of the sectors in a predefined pattern with a predefined sweep speed. The ECU is further configured to control the wiper assembly to operate in the predefined wiper mode according to the command being received.

Programmable pattern-based sweep mechanism for aircraft windscreen wiper system

A method of inspecting an air data probe for damage or misalignment on a mounting surface includes retrieving reference data for the air data probe from a database, capturing images of the air data probe via a camera and generating dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe via a feature extractor. An alignment calculator analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify misalignment of the air data probe, and analyzes the generated dimensions from the captured images of the air data probe and the reference data for the air data probe from the database to identify damage of the air data probe. A maintenance recommendation for the air data probe is generated and outputted, based on the identified misalignment or damage of the air data probe.

System for the inspection of air data probes

A sensor assembly for monitoring a heater system for an aircraft probe sensor includes a current sensor module with a current sensor core and a high electromagnetically permeable enclosure around the current sensor core. An input wire pathway extends through the current sensor core and is configured to receive a heater input wire. A return wire pathway extends through the current sensor core and is configured to receive a heater return wire. A high electromagnetically permeable tube extends through the current sensor core and is configured to extend around one of the input wire and the heater return wire.

Inline sensor assembly to monitor air data probe heater

A reconfigurable edge computing node of a complex system is provided, the edge computing node including a core module executing selectable core software, and selectable input module(s) and/or output module(s) which can be installed in corresponding input/output ports, wherein each of the input module(s) or output module(s) provides a conduit for moving data to or from the complex system, with selections being chosen from catalogs of available input modules, available output modules, and available core software. The edge computing node provides reconfiguration upon attachment of any input or output module(s), or upon installation of any core software, automatically reconfiguring the edge computing node to enable communication between the core module and the input module(s) and output module(s) using compatible protocols. Reconfiguration of the edge computing node has been previously tested for each allowable combination of available selections of the input and output module(s) to satisfy a certification requirement.

Modular reconfigurable edge computing node

Provided are embodiments for a method for monitoring a wiper system, the method includes reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag embedded in a wiper blade using a reader, comparing the read RFID tag to stored wiper blade information, determining a blade usage ratio for the wiper blade based on determining whether the wiper blade has been replaced, and providing an indication of a status of the wiper blade based at least in part on the blade usage ratio. Also provided are embodiments for a system for monitoring the health of the wiper system.

Monitoring aircraft windscreen blade usage and health

Systems and methods for monitoring pulmonary edema or other thoracic fluid status in a subject use thoracic impedance histogram information. An internal or external processor circuit receives the thoracic impedance histogram information and uses it to compute and provide a lung fluid status indication. The thoracic impedance histogram information can include a count, mean or median of a histogram bin or subrange of bins within the histogram range.

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Eagan, MN, United States of America

Cal Roeske