Predictive Automated Maintenance System (PAMS)

• US 20160005242A1
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Original Assignee: the united states of america as represented by the secretary of the navy
• Inventors: Hua, Tri T., Ritchie, James R. Jr., Nguyen, Cynthia
• Application Number:
  US12/398,736
• Publication Number:
  US 20160005242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/008 Reliability or availability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2294 by remote test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0654 using network fault recovery ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0859 by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/147 for predicting network behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/149 for prediction of maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

A method of performing preventative, routine and repair maintenance on a plurality of geographically remote units includes the step of establishing a Common Core System (CCS), or portion of a unit under test (UUT) component that has a common configuration for each unit. The CCS can be established at manufacture, or it can be back fitted by hardware implementation on legacy UUT'"'"'s. Each CCS is networked to an Advanced Automated Test System (AATS), which is further networked to a central knowledge database and to a plurality of remote users. The remote users can access the AATS through the network to conduct remote tests of the UUT through the CCS, and to troubleshoot the UUT in response to a UUT test fault. The central knowledge database can further store configuration and operation history for the UUT, to maintain configuration control and to predict a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) for the UUT.

Claims

1. A method of performing preventative, routine and repair maintenance on at least one of a plurality of geographically remote units, the method comprising the steps of:

A) establishing a Common Core System (CCS) for each said remote units, said CCS having a unit under test (UUT);

B) linking each said CCS to an Advanced Automated Test System (AATS);

C) networking a plurality of remote users with said AATS;

D) testing said UUT by said remote users through said AATS, said remote users being located remotely to both said UUT and to said AATS; and

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D1) troubleshooting said UUT while said CCS is linked to said AATS, said step D1) being accomplished by said remote users.

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