Monitoring device for repair patches, repair kit, and method for monitoring a repair patch

US9038458B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Becker · Atlanta, US
• Ulrich Prechtel · Munich, DE
• Jirka Klaue · Ottobrunn, DE
• Martin Kluge · Hattersheim, DE
• Jordi Sabater · Oberschleißheim, DE
• Josef Schalk · Riedlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 2011
• Grant date: May 26, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A monitoring device for a repair patch that can be placed on or in a wall of an aircraft to repair a defect has a sensor device for detecting properties of the repair patch placed in the wall, an energy supply device for supplying energy at least to the sensor device, and a communication device so as to read out the sensor data. A repair kit that can be placed in or on a wall of an aircraft to repair defects comprises a repair patch for repairing a defect in or on a wall of an aircraft and also comprises a monitoring device. A method for monitoring a repair patch in or on a wall of an aircraft by means of a monitoring device comprises the steps of detecting a measurement phase on the basis of the amount of energy provided by the energy supply device, measuring load parameters in and/or on the repair patch during the measurement phase, and reading out the load parameters.