US 12,107,923 B2
Gas turbine engine communication gateway with internal sensors
William C. Lamberti, Wethersfield, CT (US); Paul Raymond Scheid, West Hartford, CT (US); and Jason E. Posniak, Broad Brook, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,921.
Application 18/353,921 is a continuation of application No. 17/888,976, filed on Aug. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,743,338.
Application 17/888,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/839,110, filed on Apr. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,425,200, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,165, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0362255 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/12 (2022.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); F02C 9/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/125 (2013.01) [F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F02C 9/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); F05D 2270/80 (2013.01); G07C 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the communication adapter comprising:
an internal sensor system comprising a plurality of sensors within the communication adapter;
a memory system; and
processing circuitry configured to:
receive a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control of the gas turbine engine;
record a plurality of internal sensor data of the internal sensor system;
correlate the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set; and
transmit the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system.