A method for controlling the application of aircraft wheel brakes including: controlling the application of a first wheel brake of an aircraft and a second wheel brake of the aircraft in dependence upon a determined relationship to control the time taken for the first wheel brake and the second wheel brake to reach respective specified temperatures. The relationship is determined between a first cooling characteristic of the first wheel brake, according to which the first wheel brake cools when in a first retracted position within the aircraft, and a second cooling characteristic of the second wheel brake, according to which the second wheel brake cools when in a second retracted position within the aircraft.

A method for estimating the temperature of a component being monitored is described herein, comprising: inputting data related to the component being monitored into a brake thermal model; using the brake thermal model to predict a temperature of the component based on the input data; inputting a) actual temperature sensor measurement data of the component and b) the predicted temperature into an estimation algorithm, wherein the estimation algorithm combines the a) actual temperature sensor data and b) predicted temperature and generates an estimated brake temperature of the component based on the combined inputs. A computer-implemented system is also described.

A variable air hole covering flap device is provided and selectively opens or closes an air hole formed in a wheel deflector or a wheel cover to allow air to be introduced toward a brake. The air hole is opened only when brake cooling of a vehicle is more necessary than aerodynamic performance of the vehicle to properly control the aerodynamic performance and the brake cooling performance of the vehicle as necessary.

An apparatus for an aircraft having one or more aircraft wheel brakes, and a brake wear sensor configured to measure a wear state of a brake of the one or more aircraft wheel brakes, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine a wear relationship between a wear state of the brake and a number of use cycles of the brake, determine a predicted wear state of the brake based on the wear relationship; determine a number of future use cycles of the brake based on a predicted condition of the brake, the predicted condition comprising the predicted wear state of the brake; and provide an indication of the determined number of the future use cycles to ground crew and/or a pilot of the aircraft, wherein the number of future use cycles is the number of use cycles for which the brake is allowed to be used, and a use cycle comprises all uses of the brake relating to a flight undertaken by the aircraft.

A temperature sensor and a disc brake having the temperature sensor are provided. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of a first surface may include: a housing having a second surface receiving heat from the first surface and a third surface formed on one side of a first inner space formed inside to receive heat from the second surface; a temperature sensing module sensing the temperature of the third surface; and a connector transmitting temperature information sensed by the temperature sensing module to the outside.

A brake device for installation on an axle of wheels including a piston; a casing accommodating at least the piston; a container; a first cast iron disc and a second cast iron disc, joined to the container; a first brake lining; a first supporting disc on which the first brake lining is located; and a bearing fixed to the central cylindrical wall of the container around the axle. The container and the casing remain fixed without rotating about the axle and the first brake lining together with the first supporting disc are fixed to the axle. The piston is further configured to displace the container together with the two cast iron discs towards the first brake lining until the first cast iron disc makes contact with the first brake lining. The container includes an inner circuit configured to accommodate a coolant.

A device for determining temperature information from a sensor device, which is configured to transmit sensor information by time-limited electrical pulses according to a defined protocol, including: a data processing unit configured to perform the following: retrieving reference data relating to a relationship between a pulse duration of the electrical pulses and thermal effects in the sensor device; measuring the pulse duration at at least one of the electrical pulses; and determining the temperature information on the basis of at least one result of the measurement and the reference data. Also described are a related sensor system, a related vehicle, related methods, and a computer readable medium.

A smart brake system for adjusting a brake clamping force to be applied to brake pads of a vehicle comprises: an interface for receiving vehicle operation data measured by vehicle sensors, a memory device for storing data about a previous brake event, a current brake event, and a temperature prediction model, and a controller connected to the interface and the memory device. The controller estimates the current temperature of the rotor and adjusts the brake clamping force applied to the brake pads to compensate for the estimated current temperature. The vehicle operation data include current ambient temperature, current brake clamping force and current vehicle speed. The controller is configured to estimate the current temperature of the rotor from the vehicle operation data, the data about a previous brake event, and the data about a current brake event using the temperature prediction model.

A brake cooling system of the present disclosure includes an external cooling apparatus located externally from an aircraft (e.g., available on the ground at the gate during parking of the aircraft). The external cooling apparatus is in electronic communication with the aircraft via a communication channel such that the external cooling apparatus receives live data from the aircraft for intelligent aircraft brake cooling. The live data includes measured brake temperature. The brake cooling system further includes a controller for collecting aircraft data and generating a cooling apparatus control signal.

The present invention relates to a measuring device with a magnetic field sensor for detecting at least one operating parameter of an agricultural joint shaft for torque transmission between a power take-off shaft of a towing vehicle and a transmission of an agricultural appliance, which includes at least one journal cross, to the opposing journals of which a shaft body is connected, and a protective tube rotatably accommodating the shaft body therein, wherein the magnetic field sensor is adapted to measure a magnetic field emanating from the bare shaft body of the joint shaft.