Aircraft systems with built in tests
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorJohn Terence Barker
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Abstract
A control system for an aircraft system can include a controller configured to connect to one or more subsystems of the aircraft system, the controller having a built-in-test (BIT) module configured to test the one or more subsystems of the aircraft system and output test data. The control system can include a wireless communication module operatively connected to the controller and configured to receive the output data and to output a wireless signal as a function of the test data.
Claims20
A control system for an aircraft system, comprising:
- a controller configured to connect to one or more subsystems of the aircraft system, the controller having a built-in-test (BIT) module configured to test the one or more subsystems of the aircraft system and output test data;
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- a wireless communication module operatively connected to the controller and configured to receive the output data and to output a wireless signal as a function of the test data, wherein the one or more subsystems include at least one of a valve driver and sense circuitry, one or more valves, an initiator drive and sense circuitry, an initiator, an input power system, door latch driver and sense circuitry, one or more solenoids, one or more cabin temperature sensor, one or more cabin pressure sensors, one or more manifold pressure sensors, one or more manifold temperature sensors, or one or more pressure switches.
(canceled)
An aircraft supplemental oxygen system, comprising:
- a control system for an aircraft system, comprising:
- a controller configured to connect to one or more subsystems of the supplemental oxygen system, the controller having a built-in-test (BIT) module configured to test the one or more subsystems of the supplemental oxygen system and output test data;
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- a wireless communication module operatively connected to the controller and configured to receive the output data and to output a wireless signal as a function of the test data, wherein the one or more subsystems include at least one of a valve driver and sense circuitry, one or more valves, an initiator drive and sense circuitry, an initiator, an input power system, door latch driver and sense circuitry, one or more solenoids, one or more cabin temperature sensor, one or more cabin pressure sensors, one or more manifold pressure sensors, one or more manifold temperature sensors, or one or more pressure switches.
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A computer implemented method, comprising:
- performing, using a controller, a built-in-test (BIT) on at least one subsystem of an aircraft system to generate test data;
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- outputting the test data via a wireless communication module to be received by a portable electronic device (PED) of a user, wherein the one or more subsystems include at least one of a valve driver and sense circuitry, one or more valves, an initiator drive and sense circuitry, an initiator, an input power system, door latch driver and sense circuitry, one or more solenoids, one or more cabin temperature sensor, one or more cabin pressure sensors, one or more manifold pressure sensors, one or more manifold temperature sensors, or one or more pressure switches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.