US 11,745,900 B2
Health monitoring system of an aircraft evacuation system
Scott A. Luobikis, Phoenix, AZ (US); Elangovan Palaniappan, Bangalore (IN); and Petchi Subramanian, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/774,905.
Claims priority of application No. 201911043461 (IN), filed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0122499 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64D 25/14 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 5/60 (2017.01) [B64D 25/14 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring an evacuation system of an aircraft, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, a current pressure reading of a pressure cylinder assembly from a digital pressure sensor;
receiving, by the processor, data regarding in-service time for the pressure cylinder assembly;
determining, by the processor and based on the data, a total in-service time of the pressure cylinder assembly; and
generating, by the processor, an alert selected from a group consisting of service due now, service due soon, and evacuation system ready, wherein:
the alert is generated on an evacuation readiness device comprising a visual indication of system readiness,
service due now is displayed as a first color,
service due soon is displayed as a second color, and
evacuation system ready is displayed as a third color,
the first color, the second color, and the third color are all different.