Maintenance and warranty control system for aircraft
First Claim
1. An aircraft maintenance control system comprising:
- a data store of engine performance data including engine fault code data, said engine performance data being obtained from an aircraft onboard engine performance monitoring and recording system;
a maintenance and repair information display system for displaying maintenance information in response to fault codes; and
a maintenance action controller connected to said data store for causing said information display system to display in response to user input maintenance information for all fault codes in said fault code data and for producing an output signal indicative of completion of displaying said maintenance information for all said fault codes in said fault code data,whereby said display system is controlled to display said maintenance information for all fault codes obtained from said aircraft.
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Abstract
The system provides engine maintenance information automatically from fault code data received from an onboard engine performance monitoring computer. The maintenance information is provided by an HTML repair guide electronically called by the control system using the fault code as part of the page address in the HTML guide. The control system automatically ensures that all fault codes are responded to, i.e. that maintenance personnel carry out the appropriate maintenance actions in response to each and every fault code, with a view to improve quality assurance of maintenance. Maintenance actions of maintenance personnel are automatically recorded for the purposes of validating and/or generating warranty claim applications. The system also has a warranty claim report generator for processing aircraft maintenance action log data. The generator has a warranty action discriminator for reading the action log data and outputting data representing possible warranty covered actions, and a warranty action validator receiving the possible warranty covered actions data and engine performance data for outputting data representing warranty claim actions. The warranty claim actions data are processed to produce warranty claim report output data.
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12 Claims
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1. An aircraft maintenance control system comprising:
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a data store of engine performance data including engine fault code data, said engine performance data being obtained from an aircraft onboard engine performance monitoring and recording system; a maintenance and repair information display system for displaying maintenance information in response to fault codes; and a maintenance action controller connected to said data store for causing said information display system to display in response to user input maintenance information for all fault codes in said fault code data and for producing an output signal indicative of completion of displaying said maintenance information for all said fault codes in said fault code data, whereby said display system is controlled to display said maintenance information for all fault codes obtained from said aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An aircraft maintenance control system comprising:
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a data store of engine performance data including engine fault code data, said engine performance data being obtained from an aircraft onboard engine performance monitoring and recording system; a display system for displaying fault codes from said fault code data; user action confirmation means for recording, in a maintenance action log, an action taken by a user in response to said fault codes; and a controller prompting said user to enter an action taken for all said fault codes and for generating an output signal indicative of completion of recordal of said action for all said fault codes, whereby said display system is controlled to display maintenance information for all fault codes obtained from said aircraft.
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10. A warranty claim report generator system for processing aircraft maintenance action log data, said generator comprising:
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a warranty action discriminator reading said action log data and outputting data representing possible warranty covered actions; a warranty action validator receiving said possible warranty covered actions data and engine performance data and outputting data representing warranty claim actions; and a warranty claim report generator processing said warranty claim actions data and producing warranty claim report output data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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