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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Peter Weldon, Jr., North Hampton, NH (US);
Marthinus C. van Schoor, Medford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Abnaki Information Systems, Inc., North Hampton, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 1/900 ;
Abstract
Method and system for determining aircraft weight-related data. Strain sensors are affixed to aircraft support struts to generate signals related to strut strain. Tensioning apparatus applies known tension to the struts and computing apparatus calculates a calibration matrix relating loads to the strain sensor signals. The computer calculates the weight-related data from the calibration matrix and strain sensor signals.