Article: Publication No. WO/2009/127260 Published on Oct. 22, Assigned to Airbus Deutschland for Structural Component Monitoring System, Method (German Inventors)

GENEVA, Oct. 29 -- Jens Telgkamp, Holger Speckmann and Bengt Abel, all from Germany, have developed a system and method for monitoring the state of structural components.

The patent has been assigned to Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.

According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "The invention relates to a structural component, to a system and to a method for monitoring the integrity of a structure or structural component. The structural component according to the invention has at least one elongate air duct which can be connected to a vacuum source and to a device for detecting the volumetric flow of air and/or the air pressure in the air ...

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