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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
John E. Rogers, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
Ted Ronald Dabrowski, Madison, AL (US);
Robert A. Smith, Hampton Cove, AL (US);
Timothy Doyle Messer, Madison, AL (US);
Corey McKinney Thacker, Madison, AL (US);
Michael Francis Mitchell, Huntsville, AL (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for remote sensing of air gaps includes a substrate and a capacitor sensor array attached to the substrate, where the capacitor sensor array includes a plurality of capacitor sensors. The system also includes a transmit antenna attached to the substrate, and a microprocessor electrically connected to the transmit antenna and the capacitor sensor array. The microprocessor is configured to switch on and off at least one capacitor sensor of the plurality of capacitor sensors and to transmit determined air gap measurements using the transmit antenna.