Patent ID: 8087824

Claim:
A method comprising: inserting a temperature probe into a passageway of a torque tube of an aircraft brake assembly, the passageway having a passageway width and a passageway length, and the temperature probe having a probe width less than the passageway width and including a plurality of angled portions where a centerline of the temperature probe changes direction, the plurality of angled portions defining a lateral offset of the temperature probe, wherein the temperature probe is flexible between a first shape and a second shape, wherein the lateral offset of the temperature probe is greater than the passageway width when the temperature probe is in the first shape; and wherein inserting the temperature probe into the passageway flexes the temperature probe from the first shape to the second shape such that the lateral offset of the temperature probe is substantially the same as the passageway width when the temperature probe is in the second shape; whereby the passageway holds the temperature probe in the second shape against a return force generated by the flexed temperature probe.