System and method to assess and report the health of landing gear related components
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a number of landing gear components for a vehicle;
a number of systems configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle;
a number of processor units, including an onboard processor unit configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components, the onboard processor monitoring the data for a first threshold;
an offboard processor unit configured to receive the data and manage the health of the number of landing gear components based on the data, the offboard processor unit monitoring the data for a second threshold, and planning maintenance for the number of landing gear components based on the data; and
a communications unit configured to transmit the data from the vehicle to the offboard processor unit.
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Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus comprising a number of landing gear components for a vehicle, a number of systems, and a number of processor units. The number of systems is configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle. The number of processor units is configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a number of landing gear components for a vehicle; a number of systems configured to generate data about the number of landing gear components and the vehicle; a number of processor units, including an onboard processor unit configured to monitor the data and manage health of the number of landing gear components, the onboard processor monitoring the data for a first threshold; an offboard processor unit configured to receive the data and manage the health of the number of landing gear components based on the data, the offboard processor unit monitoring the data for a second threshold, and planning maintenance for the number of landing gear components based on the data; and a communications unit configured to transmit the data from the vehicle to the offboard processor unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. The apparatus of claim l further comprising formatting the information and processing the information by a number of algorithms after formatting.
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13. A method for managing health of a number of landing gear components of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a number of systems associated with the number of landing gear components and the vehicle at an onboard processor, the number of systems comprising at least an RFID reader, accelerometer, and strain gauge, the RFID reader configured to read a number of RFID tags associated with the number of landing gear components, the number of RFID tags including configuration information for the number of landing gear components, the configuration information comprising a maintenance history for a component in the number of components; determining in the onboard processor whether the data received is within a first set of pre-defined threshold values;
responsive to a determination that the data is not within the pre-defined threshold values, identifying a number of component issues associated with the data;calculating a number of metrics in the onboard processor including center of gravity and a number of landings remaining for a component in the number of landing gear components; transmitting the data to an offboard processor remote from the vehicle; monitoring the data in the offboard processor; determining in the offboard processor whether the data received is within a second set of pre-defined threshold values, the second set of pre-defined threshold values different than the first set of pre-defined threshold values; and planning in the offboard processor maintenance for the number of landing gear components based on the data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for managing a center of gravity for a vehicle during load operations, the method comprising:
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detecting initiation of a load operation for the vehicle; calculating a weight on each landing gear of a plurality of landing gear of the vehicle to identify the center of gravity; actively outputting results having the center of gravity location during the load operation; and generating instructions on where to put a load being placed on the vehicle using the center of gravity identified; and displaying the results and the instructions on where to put the load on a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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