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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Applicants:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/353 (2006.01); G01D 5/48 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/0005 (2013.01); G01B 7/003 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G01D 5/353 (2013.01); G01D 5/35312 (2013.01); G01D 5/35316 (2013.01); G01D 5/485 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the position of an object having one or more magnetic elements. The apparatus includes magnetostrictive optical sensors, each arranged to produce a signal which is indicative of a proximity of the sensor to the one or more magnetic elements. The apparatus is arranged to determine the position of the object based on a plurality of such proximity signals.