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Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Timothy A. Best, Everett, WA (US);

Ravin R. Pierre, Everett, WA (US);

Hamid R. Nikjou, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); G01L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); G01L 15/00 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example, a method for on-board maintenance of an aircraft is described. The method includes measuring, by a pressure sensor, a pressure in a tube associated with an engine of an aircraft. The method also includes determining, by a control system and based on the pressure measured by the pressure sensor, that the tube is at least partially blocked by moisture. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to determining that the tube is at least partially blocked by the moisture, providing an alert signal from the control system to a flight deck of the aircraft. The method also includes, responsive to the alert signal, operating an actuation switch at the flight deck to actuate a valve to an open state. The method further includes, responsive to actuating the valve to the open state, supplying an inert gas from an inert gas supply to the tube to expel the moisture.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Best, Timothy. (2022). Aircraft maintenance systems and methods (U.S. Patent No. 11220357). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11220357

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