Wireless mobile maintenance display unit and system for cargo handling system
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsShad Kish, Aaron J. Roberts
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Abstract
A cargo handling system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a wireless mobile maintenance display unit; a line replaceable unit; a data device configured to provide an operational status data concerning the line replaceable unit to the wireless mobile maintenance display unit; a first server configured to store a catalog of parts for repairing the line replaceable unit; and a system controller configured to communicate with a source of replacement parts for the line replaceable unit.
Claims20
A cargo handling system, comprising:
- a wireless mobile maintenance display unit configured to monitor a line replaceable unit;
- an identification tag configured to receive, store, and transmit data from the line replaceable unit, the identification tag configured to provide an operational status data concerning the line replaceable unit to the wireless mobile maintenance display unit;
- a first server configured to store a catalog of parts for repairing the line replaceable unit;
- a system controller configured to communicate with a source of replacement parts for the line replaceable unit;
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- a communication module operably communicating with the system controller and configured to alert an operator, via an operator alert, of at least one of a failure or an anomaly associated with the line replaceable unit.
A wireless mobile maintenance display unit, comprising:
- a first reader configured to read an identification data unique to an operator;
- a second reader configured to read an operational status data of a line replaceable unit;
- a recording module configured to record an audio data or a video data concerning the line replaceable unit, the wireless mobile maintenance display unit being configured to communicate the audio data or the video data to a vendor or a support provider;
- a communication module configured for operable communication with a system controller or an auxiliary control system to communicate with the vendor or the support provider;
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- an operator alert configured to alert the operator of an anomaly within or associated with the line replaceable unit.
A method of monitoring an operational status of a plurality of line replaceable units within a cargo handling system using a wireless mobile maintenance display unit, comprising:
- identifying a failed unit or an anomalous unit experiencing a failure or an anomaly from among the plurality of line replaceable units;
- reading, via the wireless mobile maintenance display unit, the operational status of the failed unit or the anomalous unit from an identification tag in operable communication with the failed unit or the anomalous unit;
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- activating an operator alert connected to the wireless mobile maintenance display unit configured to alert an operator of the failure or the anomaly within or associated with the failed unit or the anomalous unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.