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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Inventors:

Jeremy Robert Chavez, Colleyville, TX (US);

Peter Shultz, Hurst, TX (US);

Thomas Kurt Schneider, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Mark Howard Thomson, Arlington, TX (US);

Daniel Wesley Rowe, Mansfield, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64C 27/22 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.


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