US 12,269,301 B2
Aircraft system and method
Andrew Bill, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,644.
Claims priority of application No. 2017246 (GB), filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134813 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/002 (2013.01) [B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); B60C 2200/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tire maintenance comprising:
actuating pressure sensors mounted to at least two tires on an aircraft;
measuring tire gas pressure in the at least two tires using the pressure sensors in response to the actuation of the pressure sensors;
receiving data regarding the measured tire gas pressures in the at least two tires, wherein the data comprises the plurality of tire gas pressure measurements each measurement having an associated time;
analyzing the received data to determine maintenance information, wherein the maintenance information comprises at least one of: an inflation event, a maximum pressure, a minimum pressure or a tire replacement event;
wherein the analyzing the received data further includes determining deflation rates for the at least two tires and comparing the deflation rates to identify the deflation rate that is greater than at least one other of the deflation rates,
wherein the maintenance information further includes information regarding the identified deflation rate, and
providing aircraft tire maintenance based the determined maintenance information, wherein the aircraft tire maintenance is at least one of adding a gas to at least one of the two tires on the aircraft to reinflate the tire or removal from the aircraft of the at least one of the two tires.