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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2023
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

John J. Dong, Bothell, WA (US);

Mark N. Simpson, Kirkland, WA (US);

Roland Hinton, Renton, WA (US);

Naveed Hussain, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 25/00 (2006.01); B64C 25/60 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 25/001 (2013.01); B64C 25/60 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B64C 2025/008 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided that facilitate the maintenance of levered landing gears by monitoring the condition of the stop pads of such landing gears. One embodiment provides for calibrating a sensor for measuring a condition of a stop joint formed by a first stop pad and a second stop pad of a levered landing gear against a nominal condition of at least one of the first stop pad and the second stop pad; monitoring, by the sensor, a current condition of the at least one of the first stop pad and the second stop pad from the nominal condition; determining whether a non-conformance from the nominal condition of the at least one of the first stop pad and the second stop pad has been detected by the sensor for the current condition; and in response to determining that the non-conformance has been detected, generating an alert.


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