公开(公告)号：US10048103B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15273762

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Troy Thomas Bushmire ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Brad John Roberts

IPC: G01F1/46 ,  G01F15/18

Abstract: The present invention includes an adjustable Pitot tube and method for using the same for operating or flight testing an aircraft comprising: a Pitot probe; a streamline tube connected to the Pitot probe; a mount on the aircraft connected to the streamline tube, wherein the streamline tube can at least one of rotate about an axis of the mount, or the streamline tube can move the Pitot probe closer to, or away from, a skin of the aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US20180087940A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15273762

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： Troy Thomas Bushmire ,  David Bryan Roberts ,  Brad John Roberts

IPC: G01F1/46 ,  G01F15/18

CPC classification number: G01F1/46 ,  B64D43/02 ,  G01F15/185 ,  G01P1/00 ,  G01P1/026 ,  G01P5/165

Abstract: The present invention includes an adjustable Pitot tube and method for using the same for operating or flight testing an aircraft comprising: a Pitot probe; a streamline tube connected to the Pitot probe; a mount on the aircraft connected to the streamline tube, wherein the streamline tube can at least one of rotate about an axis of the mount, or the streamline tube can move the Pitot probe closer to, or away from, a skin of the aircraft.

公开(公告)号：US20190257638A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US15902133

申请日：2018-02-22

Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Inventor： David Bryan Roberts ,  Charles Eric Covington ,  Brady Garrett Atkins

IPC: G01B7/30 ,  G01B7/04 ,  G01B11/04 ,  G01B11/26 ,  G01D5/347

Abstract: A method and system to measure a parameter associated with a component, device, or system with a specified accuracy, including: providing one or more sensors operably disposed to detect the parameter; obtaining a coarse measurement of the parameter within a first range using the one or more sensors, wherein the first range includes minimum and maximum values for the parameter; obtaining a fine measurement of the parameter within a second range using the one or more sensors, wherein the second range is smaller than the first range and has a specified ratio to the first range that provides the specified accuracy; determining a current value of the parameter by combining the coarse and fine measurements; and providing the current value of the parameter to a communications interface, a storage device, a display, a control panel, a processor, a programmable logic controller, or an external device.