Condition-based maintenance system and method

• US 20080006379A1
• Filed: 06/15/2007
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Force Protection Incorporated (General Dynamics Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Force Protection Incorporated (General Dynamics Corporation)
• Inventors: Hill, Daniel, Durko, Paul, Regan, Nancy
• Application Number:
  US11/820,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20080006379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 162/109
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A maintenance system has an input device and logic to receive and store data indicative of a CBM element, CBM sub-element, a failure mode related to the CBM sub-element, a failure effect, and a failure consequence, via the input device. The logic further displays the received data to a display device in response to a first user input and displays a plurality of logical selectable input boxes corresponding to condition-based maintenance (CBM) queries that may be selected in relation to the failure mode.

Claims

1. A maintenance system, comprising:

an input device; and

logic configured to receive and store data indicative of a CBM element, CBM sub-element, a failure mode related to the CBM sub-element, a failure effect, and a failure consequence, via the input device, the logic further configured to display the received data to a display device in response to a first user input and display a plurality of logical selectable input boxes corresponding to condition-based maintenance (CBM) queries that may be selected in relation to the failure mode.

2. The maintenance system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to display a plurality of analysis types to the user.

3. The maintenance system of claim 2, wherein at least one analysis type is a condition-based maintenance analysis type.

4. The maintenance system of claim 2, wherein at least one analysis type is a function/functional failure analysis type.

5. The maintenance system of claim 2, wherein the logic is further configured to display a GUI comprising a CBM element text field based upon an input from the user.

6. The maintenance system of claim 2, wherein the logic is further configured to display a GUI comprising a function text field based upon an input from the user.

7. The maintenance system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to identify a plurality of CBM techniques associated with the failure mode.

8. The maintenance system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to transmit a notification based upon at least one input in the input boxes.

9. The maintenance system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to transmit the notification via email.

10. The maintenance system of claim 1, wherein the logic is further configured to display at least one evaluation method for selection by the user identifying a current CBM method.

11. A maintenance system comprising:

a display device;

logic configured to receive data indicative of a CBM sub-element and a failure mode, the logic further configured to display to the display device a CBM analysis graphical user interface if a user provides an input indicating that the failure mode is detectable and provides an input that a CBM analysis is practical.

12. A maintenance method, comprising the steps of:

receiving data indicative of a CBM element analysis type or a functional/functional failure analysis type from a user; and

displaying a reverse engineering graphical user interface (GUI) or a function/functional failure GUI based upon the data received.

13. The maintenance method of claim 12, further comprising the step of receiving data identifying a failure mode associated with a CBM sub-element or a function/functional failure.

14. The maintenance method of claim 13, further comprising the step of performing a CBM analysis on the identified failure mode.

15. The maintenance method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

determining a current maintenance strategy for the failure mode; and

receiving evaluation data of the current maintenance strategy.

16. The maintenance method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

identifying whether CBM analysis is possible; and

transmitting a notification to a recipient based upon the identifying step.