Vehicle for towing aircraft
AssigneeOshkosh Corporation
InventorsNick Heemskerk, William Lunt, Michael Church, Faezeh Mesbahi Pitstick
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Abstract
A system for coordinating aircraft servicing tasks of a plurality of ground support equipment at an airport includes a plurality of beacons and one or more processing circuits. The plurality of beacons are configured to couple to the plurality of ground support equipment. The one or more processing circuits include one or more processors storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processing circuits to acquire signals from the plurality of beacons and coordinate movement of the plurality of ground support equipment based on the signals and in accordance with an aircraft servicing plan.
Claims20
A system for coordinating aircraft servicing tasks of a plurality of ground support equipment at an airport, the system comprising:
- a plurality of beacons configured to couple to the plurality of ground support equipment;
- and
- one or more processing circuits including one or more processors storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processing circuits to:
- acquire signals from the plurality of beacons;
- and
- coordinate movement of the plurality of ground support equipment based on the signals and in accordance with an aircraft servicing plan.
A system for coordinating an aircraft servicing task at an airport, the system comprising:
- a ground support equipment configured to perform at least a portion of the aircraft servicing task, the ground support equipment including:
- a tractive element;
- a prime mover configured to drive the tractive element;
- and
- a first beacon;
- and
- one or more processing circuits including one or more processors storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processing circuits to:
- acquire signals from at least one of the first beacon or a plurality of beacons coupled to a plurality of other ground support equipment;
- process the signals;
- and
- coordinate movement of the ground support equipment based on the signals and in accordance with an aircraft servicing plan.
A method for coordinating aircraft servicing tasks of a plurality of ground support equipment at an airport, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by one or more processing circuits, signals from a plurality of beacons coupled to the plurality of ground support equipment;
- processing, by the one or more processing circuits, the signals from the plurality of beacons;
- and
- coordinating, by the one or more processing circuits, movement of the plurality of ground support equipment based on the signals and in accordance with an aircraft servicing plan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.