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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Michael G. Mastrianni, Orange, CT (US);
John H. Judge, Woodbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/07 (2006.01); G01G 19/12 (2006.01); G01M 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01); B64C 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 19/07 (2013.01); B64C 25/001 (2013.01); G01G 19/12 (2013.01); B64C 2025/325 (2013.01); G01M 1/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for weight measurement for an aircraft having a weight on wheels threshold between a flight mode and a ground mode includes a weight on wheels sensor arrangeable on a landing gear assembly of the aircraft, and a computing device receiving first detected data from the sensor related to strain on the landing gear assembly. The computing device calculates a rate of change of the strain over time to determine when the landing gear assembly reaches the weight on wheels threshold. The system also measures aircraft gross weight in a static condition.