Method for determining data to be transmitted off aircraft for processing of aircraft weight and center of gravity information

    公开(公告)号:US11416871B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16552383

    申请日:2019-08-27

    申请人: C Kirk Nance

    发明人: C Kirk Nance

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G01G19/07

    摘要: An aircraft operation method of providing weight and center of gravity information is used to dispatch the aircraft. The aircraft has telescoping landing gear struts and strut seals that interfere with the free movement of the strut. An event trigger signaling departure is detected from aircraft operations at a loading area. Internal strut pressure is measured and recorded upon detection for a period of time as the aircraft moves away. The recorded pressure measurements are transmitted to a first off-aircraft computer, which determines the total weight and center of gravity of the aircraft and provides the information to an operator of the aircraft.

    METHOD TO RECOVER NON-RECOGNZED ERRORS IN AIRCRAFT WEIGHT DETERMINATIONS TO INCREASE WEIGHT AND CENTER OF GRAVITY LIMITATIONS FOR REGULATED AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20210319455A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US15917149

    申请日:2018-03-09

    申请人: C Kirk Nance

    发明人: C Kirk Nance

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G01G19/07

    摘要: A method of establishing a justification basis to Aircraft Regulatory Authorities, to allow a regulated aircraft to operate at increased maximum weight limitations, through the statistical identification of non-recognized weight errors being allowed in today's aircraft weight determination methods, with the recovery and utilization of the non-recognized weight errors to increase weight limitations through a Regulatory Authority finding of an Equivalent Level of Safety. A system for use in measuring aircraft weight and center of gravity, providing a method to reveal non-recognized weight errors. Sensors are attached to the landing gear struts, so to periodically and randomly measure and monitor aircraft weight and center of gravity.

    Method and apparatus for determining the mass of a body

    公开(公告)号:US10082420B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-25

    申请号:US14910376

    申请日:2014-08-04

    申请人: LACSOP LIMITED

    发明人: Gordon A. Morris

    CPC分类号: G01G19/07 G01G9/00 G01G19/086

    摘要: A method for determining the mass of a body is described. The method comprises the application and measurement of a first motive force to the body to move the body in a first state of motion. The acceleration of the body is also measured at this time. This methodology is repeated for a second state of motion. The measured motive forces and accelerations are then used to calculate the mass, and hence the weight of the body. An accelerometer may be employed to measure the accelerations. The methods may be adapted so as to correct for the angle θ of the ground across which the body is moved and or the tilt angle α of the accelerometer relative to the ground. The methods may employ a novel surface angle measuring device that does not require contact with the ground and which does not require the body to be stationary.

    METHOD FOR VALIDATION AIRCRAFT TAKE-OFF WEIGHT INDEPENDENT OF MEASURING THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT

    公开(公告)号:US20180188102A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-05

    申请号:US15388440

    申请日:2016-12-22

    申请人: C KIRK NANCE

    发明人: C KIRK NANCE

    IPC分类号: G01G19/07

    CPC分类号: G01G19/07

    摘要: A method for validating or invalidating the computed weight of an aircraft, where the computed weight of the aircraft is determined by compiling various weight assumptions added to a known empty weight of the aircraft. The method measures the aircraft center of gravity, determines the percentage of computed weight supported by the combined main landing gear struts, and using a database such as a look-up table to validate if the percentage of computed weight is determined within a reasonable range to the measured load on the combined main landing gear struts. Sensors are attached to the landing gear struts, so to measure and monitor aircraft loads and center of gravity without measuring the aircraft weight.

    Determining center of gravity of an automated aerial vehicle and a payload
    7.
    发明授权
    Determining center of gravity of an automated aerial vehicle and a payload 有权
    确定自动航空器和有效载荷的重心

    公开(公告)号:US09550561B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-24

    申请号:US14491201

    申请日:2014-09-19

    摘要: This disclosure describes a system and method for determining the center of gravity of a payload engaged by an automated aerial vehicle and adjusting components of the automated aerial vehicle and/or the engagement location with the payload so that the center of gravity of the payload is within a defined position with respect to the center of gravity of the automated aerial vehicle. Adjusting the center of gravity to be within a defined position improves the efficiency, maneuverability and safety of the automated aerial vehicle. In some implementations, the stability of the payload may also be determined to ensure that the center of gravity does not change or shift during transport due to movement of an item of the payload.

    摘要翻译: 本公开描述了一种用于确定由自动航空器接合的有效载荷的重心的系统和方法,并且调整自动航空器的组件和/或与有效载荷的接合位置,使得有效载荷的重心在 相对于自动航空器的重心定义的位置。 将重心调整在一个确定的位置提高了自动航空器的效率,机动性和安全性。 在一些实施方式中,还可以确定有效载荷的稳定性,以确保由于有效载荷物品的移动而在运输过程中重心不改变或移动。

    Inclination detection device for aircraft, and method for loading and unloading cargo using same
    9.
    发明授权
    Inclination detection device for aircraft, and method for loading and unloading cargo using same 有权
    飞机倾角检测装置及使用该装置的货物装卸货物的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09205930B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-08

    申请号:US14122762

    申请日:2011-06-01

    申请人: Hiroki Yanagawa

    发明人: Hiroki Yanagawa

    摘要: An inclination detection device 11 for an aircraft includes a gravity sensor 13 that detects an inclination angle in a pitch direction at a parking time of a fuselage 1, an alarm device 16, and a control unit 17 that causes the device 16 to issue an alarm when the inclination angle detected by the sensor 13 approaches allowable limit inclination angles F4 and R4 in a forward inclination direction and a backward inclination direction of the fuselage 1. The control unit 17 has gravity center management information peculiar to the fuselage 1 inputted therein by a USB memory 20 or the like, and corrects a movable range in the forward and—backward inclination directions until the inclination angle reaches the angles F4 and R4 based on the gravity center management inclination information, before a loading and unloading operation of cargo into and from the fuselage 1.

    摘要翻译: 用于飞行器的倾斜检测装置11包括重力传感器13,其在机身1的停车时检测俯仰方向的倾斜角度,报警装置16以及使装置16发出报警的控制单元17 当传感器13检测到的倾斜角度接近机身1的向前倾斜方向和后倾方向上的容许极限倾斜角度F4和R4时。控制单元17具有通过输入的机身1特有的重心管理信息 USB存储器20等,并且在货物进出货物的装载和卸载操作之前,基于重力中心管理倾斜信息来校正前后倾斜方向上的可移动范围,直到倾斜角度达到角度F4和R4 机身1。

    Force-measurement cell and a connection pin fitted with such a cell
    10.
    发明授权
    Force-measurement cell and a connection pin fitted with such a cell 有权
    力测量单元和一个配有这样的单元的连接引脚

    公开(公告)号:US07683274B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-23

    申请号:US11440044

    申请日:2006-05-25

    CPC分类号: G01L5/0004

    摘要: The invention relates to a force-measurement cell for insertion in a bore of a pin, the cell comprising a bushing: having a generally cylindrical tubular wall with an outside surface adapted to extend against an inside surface of the bore in the pin; and within which there extends at least one sensor suitable for measuring at least one parameter representative of the stresses to which the wall is subjected. The invention also relates to a pin provided with such a force-measurement cell.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于插入销的孔中的力测量单元,该单元包括衬套:具有大致圆柱形的管状壁,其外表面适于抵靠销中的孔的内表面延伸; 并且其中延伸有至少一个适于测量表示壁受到的应力的至少一个参数的传感器。 本发明还涉及一种设置有这种力测量单元的销。