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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
Applicants:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations Sas, Toulouse, FR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Airbus Operations (SAS), Toulouse, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2006.01); B64C 25/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 13/91 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/04 (2013.01); B64C 25/001 (2013.01); G01S 1/042 (2013.01); G01S 13/913 (2013.01); G08G 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A systemto detect aircraft ground proximity including: a transmitterfor transmitting a radio frequency signal along an extended landing gearof an aircraft, a sensorconfigured to detect a parameter of the radio frequency, and a controllerconfigured to detect a change in the detected parameter on the basis of an output of the sensor, and to issue a landing signal when the change in the detected parameter meets a predetermined criterion. The predetermined criterion is indicative of a certain aircraft ground proximity.