DISTRESS BEACON SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT OR ANOTHER VEHICLE
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Abstract
A versatile distress beacon system for an aircraft, a ship or other vehicles, including a beacon and a mounting to provide the function of an automatic beacon or a survival beacon. The automatic distress beacon system includes a mounting rigidly attached to the structure of the aircraft and a beacon removably mounted on the mounting. The mounting includes an electronic management unit having a first connector to connect to the data bus and to control the aircraft to receive data from the data bus and orders to activate the beacon, and a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation orders to same. The beacon having a memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected to a transmission antenna. The mounting has a detector to detect abnormal events connected to the electronic management unit, with a view to activating the beacon.
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37 Claims
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19. An automatic distress beacon system configured to equip a vehicle, comprising:
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a base unit configured to be rigidly fixed to a structure of the vehicle, and comprising an electronic management unit; and a beacon configured to be releasably mounted on the base unit, the electronic management unit comprises a first connector to connect to a data and control bus of the vehicle to receive data from the data and control bus and commands to activate the beacon; and
a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation commands to the beacon,the beacon comprises at least one memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected via the base unit to an external transmission antenna of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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20. The automatic distress beacon system, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft or a ship.
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