Advanced maintenance system for aircraft and military weapons
First Claim
1. An equipment maintenance system comprising:
- a central data warehouse for electronically storing technical and historical equipment data;
a data transceiver for communicating with said central data warehouse;
a communications link between said central data warehouse and said data transceiver for linking said central data warehouse and said data transceiver; and
test means for testing equipment components, said test means identifying failed equipment components and minimizing removal of operational equipment components.
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Abstract
An equipment maintenance system (10) comprising a central data storage warehouse (16) for electronically storing technical information and for providing on-line technical assistance for repairing the equipment. A data transceiver (12) transmits data to and receives data from the central data storage warehouse (16). A communications link (22, 26, 28, 30) between the central data storage warehouse (16) and the wireless data transceiver enables accessing of the technical information from the central data storage warehouse (16) by the data transceiver (12). Test means (40) identifies failed system components and minimizes occurrences of false BIT flags, unnecessary system maintenance and removal of operational system components. The maintenance system finds particular utility when implemented in conjunction with a fleet of transport vehicles, such as aircraft (14), or with military weapon systems (14).
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22 Claims
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1. An equipment maintenance system comprising:
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a central data warehouse for electronically storing technical and historical equipment data; a data transceiver for communicating with said central data warehouse; a communications link between said central data warehouse and said data transceiver for linking said central data warehouse and said data transceiver; and test means for testing equipment components, said test means identifying failed equipment components and minimizing removal of operational equipment components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A transport craft maintenance system, comprising:
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a central data warehouse, including electronically stored transport craft technical and maintenance data, said central data warehouse further providing on-line transport craft maintenance technical assistance; a remote transceiver for transmitting data requests to said central data warehouse and for receiving said transport craft technical and maintenance data from said central data warehouse in response to said data requests; a communications link between said central data warehouse and said remote transceiver; and test means for identifying transport craft components requiring maintenance, said test means minimizing generation of false BIT flags to minimize removal of operational transport craft components identified by said false BIT flags. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An aircraft system, comprising:
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an aircraft; a central data warehouse located remotely from said aircraft including an electronic technical information database providing updated technical maintenance information on aircraft components, said central data warehouse further including a maintenance database for tracking historical maintenance data for said aircraft components, said central data warehouse further including technical support means for providing on-line technical assistance; a remote wireless transceiver for transmitting data to and receiving data from said central data warehouse relating to maintenance of said aircraft; a communications link between said central data warehouse and said wireless data transceiver for effecting transmission of data between said central data warehouse and said remote transceiver; test means for generating a BIT flag to identify failure of one or more of said aircraft components; and diagnostics means initiated in response to said BIT flag generated by said test means for trouble shooting said aircraft components.
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18. A military weapon maintenance system, comprising:
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a central data warehouse including electronically stored military weapon technical and maintenance data, said central data warehouse further providing on-line military weapon maintenance technical assistance; a remote transceiver for transmitting data requests to said central data warehouse and for receiving said military weapon technical and maintenance data from said central data warehouse in response to said data requests; a communications link between said central data warehouse and said remote data transceiver; and test means for identifying military weapon components requiring maintenance, said test means minimizing generation of false BIT flags to minimize removal of operational military weapon components identified by said false BIT flags. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A military weapon system, comprising:
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a military weapon; a central data warehouse located remotely from said military weapon including an electronic technical information database providing updated technical maintenance information on military weapon components, said central data warehouse further including a maintenance database for tracking historical maintenance data for said military weapon components, said central data warehouse further including technical support means for providing on-line technical assistance; a remote wireless transceiver for transmitting data to and receiving data from said central data warehouse relating to maintenance of said military weapon; a communications link between said central data warehouse and said wireless data transceiver for effecting transmission of data between said central data warehouse and said remote transceiver; test means for generating a BIT flag to identify failure of one or more of said military weapon components; and diagnostics means initiated in response to said BIT flag generated by said test means for trouble shooting said military weapon components.
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Specification