Patent ID: 9293033
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B64D,H02J,H04L,H04Q,H04W,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. An aircraft fuel sensor system comprising: a group of sensor units located in a fuel tank of an aircraft; a wireless system configured to send a number of wireless power signals and a number of wireless data collection signals to the group of sensor units under a control of a sensor controller and receive sensor data in a number of wireless response signals sent from the group of sensor units; the sensor controller, wherein the sensor controller is configured to cause the wireless system to send the number of wireless power signals to the group of sensor units; cause the wireless system to send the number of wireless data collection signals to the group of sensor units after the number of wireless power signals have been sent to the group of sensor units; and receive the sensor data transmitted wirelessly in the number of wireless response signals from the wireless system; and a radio frequency window formed in a structure of the fuel tank, wherein the radio frequency window facilitates the passage at least one of the wireless response signals, the wireless power signals, or the wireless data collection signals through the structure, and wherein the radio frequency window is formed of a physical aperture in the structure and a material placed in the physical aperture, wherein the material facilitates the passage of at least one of the wireless response signals, the wireless power signals, or the wireless data collection signals through the radio frequency window.