Tachometer with independently mountable rotary and stationary parts for an aircraft wheel
US7394242B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01P3/487
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tachometer for an aircraft wheel mounted on an axle to rotate about an axis of rotation. The tachometer has a stationary part secured to the axle and a rotary part driven in rotation by the wheel. The stationary part and the rotary part are mountable independently on the axle and on the wheel, respectively, and have portions facing each other in a radial direction. A sensor and a target element carried by the stationary and rotary parts portions that extend facing each other in a radial direction and are in register with each other in a radial direction. The portion secured to the rotary part extends inside the axle.
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