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Distress beacon system for an aircraft or another vehicle

  • US 9,540,112 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2013
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic distress beacon system configured to equip a vehicle, comprising:

  • a fixed base unit configured to be rigidly fixed to a structure of the vehicle, and comprising an electronic management unit; and

    a removable beacon configured to be releasably mounted on the base unit to transform from a survival beacon to the automatic distress beacon and configured to be removed from the base unit to transform the automatic distress beacon to the survival beacon,the electronic management unit comprises a first connector to connect to a data and control bus of the vehicle to receive data from the data and control bus and commands to activate the beacon; and

    a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation commands to the beacon,the beacon comprises at least one memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected via the base unit to an external transmission antenna of the vehicle.

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