Patent ID: 8262019

Claim:
An aircraft landing gear health monitoring system for monitoring two or more replaceable landing gear components of the aircraft landing gear, the system comprising: at least one sensor coupled to at least one of the two or more replaceable components of the aircraft landing gear for measuring real-time data associated with the status of at least one of the two or more replaceable components, the at least one sensor being configured to measure real-time data when the aircraft power is switched on and when the aircraft power is switched off; at least one processor connected to the at least one sensor for receiving and processing the real-time data to calculate the current condition of the at least one replaceable component of the landing gear by comparing the real-time data to pre-determined health data associated with each component, the pre-determined health data including data relating to the historic condition of the at least one replaceable component, including actual fatigue and historic load conditions, the current condition comprising the probability of failure and the remaining useful life of the at least one replaceable component; two or more electronic memory devices, each attached to a corresponding one of the two or more replaceable components of the aircraft landing gear system, the two or more electronic memory devices for storing the pre-determined health data related to the structural integrity of the attached replaceable component, wherein replacement of one of the replaceable components also replaces the attached electronic memory device and the pre-determined health data stored thereon, the two or more electronic memory devices each being operable to communicate the stored data to the at least one processor for comparison with the real-time data; and reporting means operable to receive information from the at least one processor for reporting at least one of the current condition and the real-time data.