A brake wear monitoring system for measuring extended wear lengths includes a processing unit, a plurality of linear Hall sensors in electronic communication with the processing unit, a wear pin coupled to a brake stack, the wear pin comprising a magnetic portion, wherein the plurality of linear Hall sensors are configured to detect a position of the wear pin via the magnetic portion, and the processing unit is configured to generate an output signal, based upon the position of the wear pin relative to the plurality of linear Hall sensors, to indicate a wear status of the brake stack.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING EXTENDED AIRCRAFT BRAKE WEAR LENGTH
29.07.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | G01B MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS , Messen der Länge, der Dicke oder ähnlicher linearer Abmessungen / F16D COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION , Nicht schaltbare Kupplungen / B60T Bremsanlagen für Fahrzeuge oder Teile davon , VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF / G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte |