SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING EXTENDED AIRCRAFT BRAKE WEAR LENGTH

• Main Author: Al-Tabakha, Emad
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2021
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; BLASTING; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; BRAKES; CHECKING-DEVICES; CLUTCHES; COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; TESTING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; WEAPONS

A brake wear monitoring system for measuring extended wear lengths includes a processing unit, a plurality of linear Hall sensors in electronic communication with the processing unit, a wear pin coupled to a brake stack, the wear pin comprising a magnetic portion, wherein the plurality of linear Hall sensors are configured to detect a position of the wear pin via the magnetic portion, and the processing unit is configured to generate an output signal, based upon the position of the wear pin relative to the plurality of linear Hall sensors, to indicate a wear status of the brake stack.