Method and device for measuring the orientation of an aircraft nose landing gear
CA 2575478 C · Owner: Airbus Operations Sas · Inventors: Furgal, Bernard
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A device (1) comprises an inertial reference station (7) for measuring the aircraft heading an inertial reference unit (9) which is mountable on the wheel of a nose landing gear by means of a fixing system and is used for measuring the heading of said landing gear in a non-steering position and a data processing unit (11) comprising means (12 13) for carrying out a comparison between the measured heading of the nose landing gear and the measured aircraft heading in such a way that the orientation of said nose landing gear is calculated with respect to the aircraft body.
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- Filed September 19, 2005 and granted November 5, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 19, 2025.
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