Shock strut service monitoring using sensors and physical strut measurement

    公开(公告)号:US11579047B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US16267555

    申请日:2019-02-05

    摘要: A method for monitoring a shock strut may comprise measuring a first shock strut pressure, measuring an ambient temperature, measuring a shock strut stroke, measuring a second shock strut pressure, and determining a servicing condition of the shock strut based upon the first shock strut pressure, the ambient temperature, the shock strut stroke, and the second shock strut pressure, wherein the servicing condition indicates whether it is desirable for the shock strut to be serviced with at least one of a liquid and a gas. The first shock strut pressure and the shock strut stroke may be measured before the takeoff event with a weight of an aircraft supported by the shock strut.

    AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AND CENTER OF MASS ESTIMATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220011189A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US16927813

    申请日:2020-07-13

    IPC分类号: G01M1/12 B64C25/60

    摘要: A system and various methods for determining a center of mass of an aircraft with a plurality of shock strut assemblies is illustrated. Multiple sensors, including a gas pressure sensor, and/or a position sensor, may be used to gather data and determine the center of mass of the aircraft. Various methods illustrated herein may evaluate the center of mass relative to a wheelbase axis and a wheel tread axis based on the gathered data.

    Method of initializing a landing gear shock strut
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    发明授权
    Method of initializing a landing gear shock strut 有权
    初始化起落架冲击支柱的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09387924B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-12

    申请号:US14317977

    申请日:2014-06-27

    摘要: A method of servicing a shock strut of a landing gear includes partially filling the shock strut with fresh oil and pressurizing the chamber with gas. The pressurizing is to a pressure level that compensates for expected gas pressure loss due to gas entrainment in the oil during operation of the shock strut. The method can be performed without weight on wheels, with weight on wheels and a constant strut stroke, or weight on wheels and a constant pressure.

    摘要翻译: 维修起落架的冲击支柱的方法包括用新鲜油部分地填充冲击支柱并用气体对该室进行加压。 加压是压力水平,其补偿由于在冲击支柱操作期间由于气体夹带在油中而导致的预期气体压力损失。 该方法可以在车轮上没有重量的情况下执行,轮子上的重量和持续的支柱行程,或轮子上的重量和恒定的压力。

    Shock strut assemblies for landing gear

    公开(公告)号:US11498666B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US17124266

    申请日:2020-12-16

    IPC分类号: B64C25/60 B64C25/62

    摘要: A shock strut assembly for a landing gear may comprise a strut cylinder, a strut piston configured to telescope relative to the strut cylinder, and a locking system. The locking system may be configured to restrict rotation of the strut piston relative to the strut cylinder in response to compression of the shock strut assembly.

    Aircraft weight and center of mass estimation system

    公开(公告)号:US11320333B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16927813

    申请日:2020-07-13

    IPC分类号: G01M1/12 B64C25/60

    摘要: A system and various methods for determining a center of mass of an aircraft with a plurality of shock strut assemblies is illustrated. Multiple sensors, including a gas pressure sensor, and/or a position sensor, may be used to gather data and determine the center of mass of the aircraft. Various methods illustrated herein may evaluate the center of mass relative to a wheelbase axis and a wheel tread axis based on the gathered data.

    DUAL-STAGE, SEPARATED GAS/FLUID SHOCK STRUT SERVICING MONITORING SYSTEM USING TWO PRESSURE/TEMPERATURE SENSORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210027551A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US17067221

    申请日:2020-10-09

    摘要: A method for monitoring a dual-stage, separated gas/fluid shock strut includes receiving, by a controller, primary chamber temperature and pressure sensor readings, secondary chamber pressure and temperature sensor readings, and a shock strut stroke sensor reading, determining, by the controller, a shock strut stroke at which a secondary chamber is activated, calculating, by the controller, a volume of oil in an oil chamber of the shock strut, a primary chamber gas volume of, a number of moles of gas in, and a volume of oil leaked into, a primary gas chamber of the shock strut, a secondary chamber gas volume in, a volume of oil leaked into, and a number of moles of gas in, the secondary chamber, based upon at least one of the secondary chamber pressure sensor reading, and the secondary chamber temperature sensor reading.

    DUAL-STAGE, STROKE-ACTIVATED, MIXED FLUID GAS SHOCK STRUT SERVICING MONITORING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190009892A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15642117

    申请日:2017-07-05

    IPC分类号: B64C25/60 F16F9/32 F16F9/06

    摘要: A monitoring system for a dual-stage, stroke activated, mixed fluid gas shock strut may comprise a controller, and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller. The tangible, non-transitory memory may have instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform various operations. Said operations may include calculating, by the controller, a compression factor, determining, by the controller, a plurality of compression factors for known oil volumes based on at least one of the primary chamber temperature sensor reading and the shock strut stroke sensor reading, and calculating, by the controller, an oil volume in a primary chamber of the shock strut.