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Runway maintenance apparatus
An aerodrome maintenance apparatus (1, figure 5) for monitoring runway and taxiway conditions and remotely reporting the status of the runway or taxiway. The apparatus comprises: a drive unit 10 arranged to mount one or more rails (2, figure 5) to provide movement of the apparatus along the one or more rails; a detection unit 20 comprising one or more sensors 21-23 configured to detect one or more parameters of the runway or taxiway; and a communications unit 30 arranged to transfer data derived from the detection unit from the apparatus to a remote server. The apparatus is arranged to advance along the one or more rails (2, figure 5) and transfer data representative of one or more parameters of the surface to a remote server. Additional disclosed is a rail 2 for mounting a runway maintenance apparatus, the rail comprising a mount arranged to engage a drive unit of a runway apparatus; and a support from to fix the rail in place on or near a runway or taxiway surface
Runway maintenance apparatus
An aerodrome maintenance apparatus (1, figure 5) for monitoring runway and taxiway conditions and remotely reporting the status of the runway or taxiway. The apparatus comprises: a drive unit 10 arranged to mount one or more rails (2, figure 5) to provide movement of the apparatus along the one or more rails; a detection unit 20 comprising one or more sensors 21-23 configured to detect one or more parameters of the runway or taxiway; and a communications unit 30 arranged to transfer data derived from the detection unit from the apparatus to a remote server. The apparatus is arranged to advance along the one or more rails (2, figure 5) and transfer data representative of one or more parameters of the surface to a remote server. Additional disclosed is a rail 2 for mounting a runway maintenance apparatus, the rail comprising a mount arranged to engage a drive unit of a runway apparatus; and a support from to fix the rail in place on or near a runway or taxiway surface
Runway maintenance apparatus
KEN ERIK STEINE (author) / KRISTOFFER SØRSTRØNEN (author) / MAGNUS OLSEN FINNESAND (author)
2022-03-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
B64F
GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT
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Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen
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B61B
RAILWAY SYSTEMS
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Eisenbahnanlagen
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E01B
PERMANENT WAY
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Gleisoberbau
RUNWAY MAINTENANCE APPARATUS, RUNWAY MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND RUNWAY MAINTENANCE METHOD
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