Method for the management of aeronautical industry implements to be checked

• US 20040236755A1
• Filed: 06/16/2004
• Published: 11/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christian Odemann
• Original Assignee: Christian Odemann
• Inventors: Odemann, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 7,496,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 5/60 Testing or inspecting aircraft components or systems
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

According to the invention, expensive and technical high-quality implements (ha, lIb) of the aeronautical industry which, for certain checks of the airplanes, must be overhauled and/or new calibrated or certified, are provided with a radio frequency transponder (RFT and/or bar code) with or without cryptography (ISa, 15b) which contains an individual machine readable identification characteristic of the implement (ii a, ii b). The status data of each implement are stored at the manufacturer'"'"'s under this identification characteristic in a central data bank (13) and can be remote called with a corresponding authorization. Thus, it is possible to carry out the sending of the implements without accompanying documents and to optimize the logistic allotment.

Claims

1. A method for management of aeronautical industry implements which have to be sent to special workshops for checking, maintenance, calibration, certification and repair, comprising the steps of:

providing the implements with an individual, machine readable identification characteristic;

storing the implement status data and the identification characteristic in a central data bank;

permitting a remote access to the data bank while excluding paper or electronic accompanying documents containing information concerning the implements by sending of the implements; and

making the individual identification characteristic available by a radio frequency transponder, the identification characteristic of an implement serving as proof of authorization for permitting the access to data stored in the data bank.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the status data include at least one of present location, place of use, certification status, calibration status, age and future checking dates.

3. A method according to claim 1, including optimizing logistic guidance of an allotment of the implements by means of the data of the data bank.

4. Use of a radio frequency transponder for carrying out a method according to claim 1.