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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jason Philip Bommer, Tacoma, WA (US);
Andrew M. Robb, Ravensdale, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring an interior of a fuel tank. Information about a fuel level and moisture in the interior of the fuel tank of a platform is generated using a fuel sensor unit in the interior of the fuel tank. The fuel sensor unit comprises a sensor configured to be located in the interior of the fuel tank and generate information about the fuel level in the fuel tank and the moisture in the fuel tank and a wireless unit electrically connected to the sensor. The wireless unit is configured to receive the information from the sensor and transmit the information using wireless signals. A number of actions is identified based on the information about the interior of the fuel tank.