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US 2026/0167355 A1Published application
Diagnostic data module for apu and/or propulsion engine monitoring
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsTarek Mansour, Denis Sprenger
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Abstract
A system comprising a sensor connected to an aircraft system configured to monitor an aircraft system characteristic and generate sensor data responsive thereto. A diagnostic data module (DDM) is configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor and transmit the received sensor data from the DDM to a remote monitoring unit. The DDM operates independently of a preexisting data monitoring system of the aircraft system.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a sensor connected to an aircraft system configured to monitor an aircraft system characteristic and generate sensor data responsive thereto;
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- a diagnostic data module (DDM) configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor and transmit the received sensor data from the DDM to a remote monitoring unit, wherein the DDM operates independently of a preexisting data monitoring and control system of the aircraft system.
A method comprising:
- monitoring an aircraft system characteristic using a sensor connected to an aircraft system;
- generating sensor data responsive to the monitored aircraft system characteristics using the sensor;
- receiving the sensor data from the sensor at a diagnostic data module (DDM);
- transmitting the received sensor data from the DDM to a remote monitoring unit using the DDM;
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- operating the DDM independently of a preexisting data monitoring system of the aircraft system.
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A system comprising:
- a first sensor connected to an aircraft system configured to monitor a first aircraft system characteristic and generate first sensor data responsive thereto;
- a second sensor connected to the aircraft system configured to monitor a second aircraft system characteristic and generate second sensor data responsive thereto;
- a legacy data monitoring system configured to monitor the second aircraft system characteristic for the aircraft system responsive to the second sensor data from the second sensor;
- a diagnostic data module (DDM) configured to receive the first sensor data from the first sensor and transmit the received first sensor data from the DDM, wherein the DDM operates independently of the legacy data monitoring system of the aircraft system;
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- a data analyzer configured to receive the first sensor data from the DDM and the second sensor data from the legacy data monitoring system and analyze operation of the aircraft system responsive to the first sensor data and the second sensor data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.