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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2025
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Tyson Henry, Arlington, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is a rotorcraft including a rotor system, and a transmission system for providing rotational power to the rotor system. The transmission system includes a housing, and a planetary pinion gear disposed in the housing. The rotorcraft further includes a system for detecting damage includes a break wire embedded in the planetary pinion gear, the break wire configured to break when a crack develops in the planetary pinion gear and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag for indicating breakage of the break wire to an RFID reader.
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