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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Igor Cherepinsky, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Assignee:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64C 25/36 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2013.01); B64C 25/36 (2013.01); B64C 2025/325 (2013.01); B64D 2045/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A landing assembly and method of landing an aircraft. The landing assembly includes a landing gear, a charging circuit, a sampling circuit and a processor. The charging circuit applies a charge to the landing gear and the sampling circuit measures a discharge rate of the electrical charge from the landing gear. The processor determines a contact between the landing gear and a surface from the discharge rate.