An aircraft landing gear arrangement is provided comprising: a first landing gear portion comprising one or more wheels, a second landing gear portion, the first landing gear portion being rotatable with respect to the second landing gear portion; and a sensor for determining a rotational position of the first landing gear portion in relation to the second landing gear portion, the sensor comprising a first magnetic field generator operable to generate a magnetic field and a first magnetic field modulator for modulating said magnetic field, the sensor being operable to sense the magnetic field as modulated by the first magnetic field modulator, the first landing gear portion comprising the first magnetic field generator or the first magnetic field modulator, the second landing gear portion comprising the other of the first magnetic field generator and the first magnetic field modulator.
AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR ARRANGEMENT, AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ANGULAR POSITION OF AN AIRCRAFT WHEEL
FLUGZEUGFAHRWERKANORDNUNG, FLUGZEUG DAMIT UND VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER WINKELPOSITION EINES FLUGZEUGRADS
AMÉNAGEMENT DE TRAIN D'ATTERRISSAGE D'AVION, AVION COMPRENANT CE DERNIER ET PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTERMINATION DE LA POSITION ANGULAIRE D'UNE ROUE D'AVION
2018-08-29
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
European Patent Office | 2018
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