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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Joseph Catt, Southampton, GB;
Julia Ann Howard, Lee-on-the-Solent, GB;
Assignee:
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of predicting a speed brake fault in an aircraft having a speed brake system including multiple control surfaces, a handle for setting the position of the multiple control surfaces, and at least one control surface position sensor, the methods include receiving a position signal from the at least one position sensor, determining a variation in the position signal and predicting a fault in the speed brake system.