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Method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly

  • US 6,711,524 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2002
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly, wherein information regarding a replaceable part is stored in a memory component in or on the replaceable part, said method comprising reading the stored information with a reader device capable of extracting stored information from the memory component, transmitting the read information to an evaluation unit, and evaluating the read information in the evaluation unit, wherein said stored information is selected from the group consisting of application data, geometric configuration, physical dimensions, physical properties, composition, and functional properties.

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