Appliance for reading identification connectors
First Claim
1. A reader appliance for reading identification connectors for airplane engines, said connector comprising a plurality of contacts connected to a decoding circuit, each contact corresponding to a binary digit, one or more of said binary digits corresponding to information relating to characteristics of the engine,the appliance including connection means suitable for receiving at least one identification connector and at least one protection connector containing an autotest circuit, said connection means being connected to processor means responding to control members in order to display on a display device the information contained in the connector.
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Abstract
In order to enable the information contained in an identification connector to be read in a manner that is more reliable, faster, and without risk of damage, the invention provides a reader appliance for reading identification connectors for airplane engines, the connector comprising a plurality of contacts connected to a decoding circuit, each contact corresponding to a binary digit, one or more of the binary digits corresponding to information relating to characteristics of the engine. The reader appliance comprises connection means suitable for receiving at least one identification connector, the connection means being connected to processor means responding to control members in order to display on a display device the information contained in the connector.
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37 Claims
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1. A reader appliance for reading identification connectors for airplane engines, said connector comprising a plurality of contacts connected to a decoding circuit, each contact corresponding to a binary digit, one or more of said binary digits corresponding to information relating to characteristics of the engine,
the appliance including connection means suitable for receiving at least one identification connector and at least one protection connector containing an autotest circuit, said connection means being connected to processor means responding to control members in order to display on a display device the information contained in the connector.
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10. An appliance configured to read an identification connector of an airplane engine, the connector comprising a plurality of contacts connected to a decoding circuit containing a plurality of information about the engine, the appliance comprising:
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an identification connector receiver; a processor connected to the identification connector receiver, the processor being configured to decode the plurality of engine information contained in the decoding circuit of the identification connector; a control device configured to specify which information from the plurality is decoded by the processor; a display unit configured to display at least one of the plurality of information about the engine decoded by the processor; a self test button configured to initiate a self test of the processor; and a self test connector configured to be connected to the identification connector receiver when performing a self test of the appliance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An appliance configured to read an identification connector of an airplane engine, the connector comprising a plurality of contacts connected to a decoding circuit containing a plurality of information about the engine, the appliance comprising:
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an identification connector receiver; a processor connected to the identification connector receiver, the processor being configured to decode the plurality of information about the engine contained in the decoding circuit of the identification connector, the plurality of information about the engine including a plurality of engine operating characteristics of a specified engine family or version; a control device configured to specify which information from the plurality is decoded by the processor; and a display unit configured to display the plurality of information about the engine decoded by the processor, wherein the control device comprises at least one button configured to cause the plurality of information encoded in the identification connector connected to the reader appliance to be displayed, successive items of information being displayed in response to successive presses on the button. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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