System and method for performing enhanced maintenance of aircraft
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsSteven Lane Misenheimer, Christin L. Rauche
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Abstract
A method of performing fault isolation for an aircraft comprises identifying a fault that occurs during a flight of the aircraft; identifying a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault; automatically determining values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values; determining whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges; and identifying a source of the fault based on the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges.
Claims20
A method of performing fault isolation for an aircraft comprising:
- identifying a fault that occurred during a flight of the aircraft;
- identifying a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault;
- automatically determining values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values;
- determining whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges;
- and
- identifying a source of the fault based on the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges.
A method of performing maintenance on an aircraft comprising:
- identifying a fault that occurred during a flight of the aircraft;
- identifying a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault;
- automatically determining values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values;
- determining whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges;
- and
- determining one or more maintenance procedures to be performed based on the first set of measured values and the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges.
An electronic control unit for an aircraft comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory modules;
- and
- machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic control unit to:
- identify a fault that occurred during a flight of the aircraft;
- identify a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault;
- automatically determine values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values;
- determine whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges;
- and
- determine one or more maintenance procedures to be performed based on the first set of measured values and the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.