Patents by Inventor Ian James Jones

Ian James Jones has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Aircraft landing gear monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 9008871
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring the load on at least one part of an aircraft landing gear during landing of the aircraft. The apparatus comprises a housing containing a sensor which senses a parameter indicative of the load in the part of the landing gear, a processor which receives signals from the sensor and processes the signals to produce data representative of the parameter measured by the sensor, a battery which provides electrical power to the processor, a memory for storing measurement data from the processor, and a wireless transmitter which is controlled by the processor. The wireless transmitter is arranged to transmit at least some of the measurement data from the processor to a remote device located outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Ian James Jones, Bastiaan Van-Griensven, David J E Light, Roger John Hazelden, David Matthew James Stark, Martin John Thompson
  • AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR MONITORING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100121504
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring the load on at least one part of an aircraft landing gear during landing of the aircraft. The apparatus comprises a housing containing a sensor which senses a parameter indicative of the load in the part of the landing gear, a processor which receives signals from the sensor and processes the signals to produce data representative of the parameter measured by the sensor, a battery which provides electrical power to the processor, a memory for storing measurement data from the processor, and a wireless transmitter which is controlled by the processor. The wireless transmitter is arranged to transmit at least some of the measurement data from the processor to a remote device located outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian James Jones, Bastiaan Van-Griensven, David J E Light, Roger John Hazelden, David Matthew James Stark, Martin John Thompson