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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicants:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Liebherr-aerospace Lindenberg Gmbh, Lindenberg, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Fledderman, Hamburg, DE;

Jan Arend Van Bruggen, Hamburg, DE;

Christian Kohlöffel, Lindenberg, DE;

Tobias Hartmann, Lindenberg, DE;

Elko Van Balen, Lindenberg, DE;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64C 13/38 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); B64C 13/38 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A health monitoring method for checking a functionality of a flight control surface driving apparatus using a load sensor for sensing a load imposed on a control surface drive device by: blocking movement of the transmission device with a brake device, commanding the control surface drive device to apply a load on the blocked transmission device, and determining whether a load sensor output signal of the load sensor is within a predetermined range. Also, a flight control surface drive apparatus, a flight control system and an aircraft.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fledderman, Andreas. (2026). Method and apparatus for conducting health monitoring (U.S. Patent No. 12752929). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12752929

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