Patents by Inventor Thomas GROM

Thomas GROM 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).

  • Patent number: 12330805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for detecting the position and/or the operating state of a movable component of an aircraft, wherein the system has one movable component, two actuators, two motion sensors, one asymmetry sensor, one drive train, and one monitoring device; wherein the component can be actuated by the at least two mutually offset actuators; wherein at least one motion sensor is provided for one respective actuator; wherein the motion sensor can monitor a mechanical movement of the drive train; wherein the monitoring device is connected to the motion sensors and to the asymmetry sensor, and wherein the system is configured such that an initialization of the monitoring device and/or of the motion sensors and/or of the asymmetry sensor can take place after a booting of the system and/or when the component has adopted a fully retracted and/or a fully extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Grom, Tobias Hartmann, Christian Kohlöffel
  • Publication number: 20240199226
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for detecting the position and/or the operating state of a movable component of an aircraft, wherein the system has one movable component, two actuators, two motion sensors, one asymmetry sensor, one drive train, and one monitoring device; wherein the component can be actuated by the at least two mutually offset actuators; wherein at least one motion sensor is provided for one respective actuator; wherein the motion sensor can monitor a mechanical movement of the drive train; wherein the monitoring device is connected to the motion sensors and to the asymmetry sensor, and wherein the system is configured such that an initialization of the monitoring device and/or of the motion sensors and/or of the asymmetry sensor can take place after a booting of the system and/or when the component has adopted a fully retracted and/or a fully extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas GROM, Tobias HARTMANN, Christian KOHLĂ–FFEL