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Wireless aircraft engine monitoring system

  • US 9,972,896 B2
  • Filed: 06/23/2016
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine, the aircraft engine having a nacelle extending annularly thereabout and including at least one sensor positioned radially inward from the nacelle, said system comprising:

  • an engine control device communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, said engine control device configured to at least one of receive engine data from the at least one sensor and receive instruction data from a transmitter device positioned radially outward from a radially outward surface of the nacelle; and

    wherein at least a portion of the nacelle comprises a composite panel, said composite panel comprising;

    a ground plane positioned radially inward from the radially outward surface of the nacelle;

    a panel support structure;

    an antenna enclosed within said panel support structure, said enclosed antenna communicatively coupled to said engine control device, said antenna configured to at least one of;

    receive the engine data from said engine control device and to transmit the engine data to a receiver device positioned radially outward from the radially outward surface of the nacelle; and

    receive the instruction data from the transmitter device and to transmit the instruction data to said engine control device; and

    a radome positioned radially outward from said ground plane for protecting said antenna from physical damage and degradation.

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