Process and device for detecting the under-inflation of a tire of the landing gear of an aircraft
US4459579A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01G3/1404
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Process for detecting the under-inflation of a tire of the landing gear of an aircraft in the course of taxiing, said landing gear being formed by at least one bogie comprising a beam provided with a pair of twin wheels at each of its ends provision is made of two bridge assemblies of four strain gauges disposed on each of the parts of the beam located between the median spindle for articulation of said beam to the leg and the corresponding pair of wheels, each bridge being supplied by its diagonal transverse to said beam, while the torsion signal is taken from the diagonal longitudinal with respect to the beam.
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