ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,022, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Landing gear load sensing apparatus and methods" was invented by Andrew Bill (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor carrier for sensing forces acting upon an axle of an aircraft landing gear assembly is disclosed being arranged to fit within the axle and includes an end coupling for fixing to one end of the axle, and a central coupling for fixing to a central portion of the axle where the axle attaches to a main leg of the assembly. The sensor carrier includes a sensor arrangement arranged to detect strain occurring betw...