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Method and apparatus for monitoring aircraft components

  • US 5,483,833 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1994
  • Issued: 01/16/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for monitoring an aircraft having a mechanical system and an electrical system, comprising:

  • means for obtaining an electrical signal from a component of the electrical system, the electrical signal varying in accordance with movement of at least one component of the mechanical system; and

    means for correlating changes in the electrical signal to changes in condition of the at least one component,wherein the electrical signal is a voltage signal, and wherein the means for producing the voltage signal comprises at least one of a gas producer turbine tachometer generator, a power turbine tachometer generator, a rotor tachometer generator, and an aircraft systems power producing starter/generator.

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