Moog Wolverhampton Limited

Graham K Towers

Robert P Gerbetz

Paul D Whitehouse

Neil A Venables

An aircraft moveable element monitoring system is provided. An exemplary aircraft moveable element monitoring system includes a signal generator (), a signal transmitter coil () electrically connected to the signal generator (); a signal detector (); a signal receiver coil () electrically connected to the signal detector (); and one or more moveable element signal transmission units (-). An exemplary moveable element signal transmission unit () includes a first signal transmission unit coil and a second signal transmission unit coil, the first signal transmission unit coil being electrically connected to the second signal transmission unit coil. Each moveable element signal transmission unit is configured to be installed on a respective moveable element of an aircraft. The signal transmitter coil, the one or more moveable element signal transmission units and the signal receiver coil form an inductively coupled transmission line. The signal generator is configured to provide an electrical signal to the signal transmitter coil and the signal detector is configured to detect the electrical signal via the signal receiver coil. The signal detector is further configured to determine a condition of the one or more moveable elements by comparing the detected electrical signal to a predetermined signal characteristic.

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Graham K Towers