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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
James Grant Mast, Burleson, TX (US);
Charles Eric Covington, Colleyville, TX (US);
Paul Eugene Darden, Arlington, TX (US);
William L. Mckeown, Euless, TX (US);
James Grant Mast, Burleson, TX (US);
Charles Eric Covington, Colleyville, TX (US);
Paul Eugene Darden, Arlington, TX (US);
William L. McKeown, Euless, TX (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A weight-on-gear sensor for use on an aircraft with landing skids having a bracket and a displacement sensor attached to the bracket is disclosed. The bracket has a center member connecting a first end member to a second end member. The center member has a centerline and the end members extend from the centerline of the center member. Mounting members extend along the centerline of the center member to facilitate attachment of the bracket to a cross tube. The displacement sensor connects the first end member to the second end member. The displacement sensor is parallel to, and offset from, the centerline of the center member so that when a bending moment is applied to the center member the first displacement sensor is either elongated or shortened.