US 11,745,895 B2
Aircraft servicing panel
Erol Figueiredo, Dollard-des-Ormeaux (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
Appl. No. 16/956,140
Filed by BOMBARDIER INC., Dorval (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/051609
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/119118, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/608,146, filed on Dec. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0324911 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [B64D 43/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A servicing panel of an aircraft, the servicing panel comprising:
an electronic display device having a display area viewable from an exterior of the aircraft, the electronic display device being operatively connected to display information relating to a system of the aircraft on the display area;
a servicing port associated with the system, the servicing port comprising an electric connector connectable to a power source external to the aircraft for powering the electronic display device, the servicing panel comprising said electric connector being accessible from the exterior of the aircraft; and
a switch actuatable by movement of a door, the switch causing activation of the electronic display device when the door is open and deactivation of the electronic display device when the door is closed,
wherein the switch is operatively disposed between the electric connector and a sensor of the system of the aircraft, and when the door is open, the switch is configured to connect the electric connector with the sensor as to permit interrogation of the sensor using electricity from the power source external to the aircraft when the aircraft is powered down on an as-needed basis.