US 12,230,075 B2
Predictive part maintenance
Zhennong Wang, Bellevue, WA (US); and Michael M. Arita, Federal Way, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,958.
Application 17/880,958 is a continuation of application No. 16/866,369, filed on May 4, 2020, granted, now 11,410,473.
Application 16/866,369 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/406,827, filed on May 8, 2019, granted, now 11,338,940, issued on May 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383673 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0808 (2013.01) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
tracking component usage in one or more aircraft for one or more components to identify removals for instances of the one or more components within a given time period;
amalgamating faults for the one or more components in the one or more aircraft;
updating associated reliability curves for the one or more components based on the faults;
amalgamating component demand for the one or more components based on the removals;
updating the component demand for the one or more based on the updated associated reliability curves; and
generating and transmitting an inventory alert based on the updated component demand.