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Aircraft refueling safety system

  • US 9,340,298 B1
  • Filed: 01/12/2015
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aircraft refueling safety module, the module comprising:

  • a memory, andone or more processors in communication with the memory, the one or more processors configured to;

    compare data in a data structure wirelessly received from an RFID tag located at an aircraft, the RFID tag data comprising data identifying the aircraft and the type of fuel required by the aircraft to data manually entered by an operator, the operator-entered data comprising data identifying the aircraft and the type of fuel required by the aircraft;

    determine, based on the comparison, if the RFID tag data matches the operator-entered data; and

    if the RFID tag data matches the operator-entered data, transmit an enable signal to allow fuel to be dispensed to the aircraft, orif the RFID tag data does not match the operator-entered data, transmit a disable signal to prevent fuel from being dispensed to the aircraft.

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