Brake condition monitoring
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system, which brake members have facing friction surfaces, the system comprising means for detecting each actuation of the brake members and means for making a separate record of each said actuation in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear, and being operable to determine types of brake usage from that separate record and operate a payment scheme to charge for brake usage according to the type of brake usage and wear associated with the type of brake usage.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system. The system makes a separate record of each brake actuation in which there is relative movement of the brake member'"'"'s facing friction surfaces which causes wear, determines the types of brake usage and operates a pricing/payment scheme to charge for brake usage.
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27 Claims
- 1. A system for monitoring the usage of brake members of an aircraft braking system, which brake members have facing friction surfaces, the system comprising means for detecting each actuation of the brake members and means for making a separate record of each said actuation in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear, and being operable to determine types of brake usage from that separate record and operate a payment scheme to charge for brake usage according to the type of brake usage and wear associated with the type of brake usage.
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12. A method of monitoring the usage of aircraft brake members having facing friction surfaces and operating a payment scheme based on said usage of the brake members, the method comprising:
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detecting each actuation of the brake members; making a separate record of each actuation in which there is relative movement of the facing friction surfaces which causes wear; determining brake usage from that record; and operating the payment scheme to charge for each said actuation according to the determined brake usage. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A monitoring system for monitoring the usage of braking apparatus having facing friction surfaces and actuation means for urging said surfaces towards one another and operating a payment scheme based on the monitored usage, the monitoring system being operable for detecting and recording actuations of the braking apparatus and being characterized in that it comprises distinguishing means for distinguishing, from other actuations, wear generating actuations in which said surfaces come into contact with one another and move relative to one another over the surfaces and generate significant wear of those surfaces, the monitoring system further comprising means capable of making available brake condition information dependent upon said wear generating actuations and operating the payment scheme based on said wear generating actuations.
- 23. A method for monitoring the usage of braking apparatus having facing friction surfaces and actuation means for urging said surfaces towards one another and operating a payment scheme based on said usage, the method including detecting and recording actuations of the braking apparatus and being characterized in that it comprises distinguishing, from other actuations, those wear generating actuations in which said surfaces come into contact with one another and move relative to one another over the said surfaces and generate significant wear of those surfaces, providing brake condition information dependent upon said wear generating actuations and operating the payment scheme based on the wear generating actuations.
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