Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flight control cable sensor for an aircraft
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Application No.: US16212648Application Date: 2018-12-06
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Publication No.: US11203415B2Publication Date: 2021-12-21
- Inventor: Kevin S. Callahan , Jeff Yoo
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- Main IPC: B64F5/60
- IPC: B64F5/60 ; B64C19/00 ; G01D3/08 ; G01D5/244 ; B64D45/00 ; B64C13/30 ; G01D5/12 ; G01D5/00

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a flight control cable sensor for detecting actuation of a flight control cable of an aircraft. The flight control cable sensor comprises a draw wire encoder, comprising an extendable-retractable wire. The flight control cable sensor further comprises a first connector, co-movably fixed to the extendable-retractable wire, and a second connector, co-movably fixable to the flight control cable and configured to removably co-movably engage the first connector up to a predetermined pull-off force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200180751A1 FLIGHT CONTROL CABLE SENSOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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