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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael James Pierro, Erie, PA (US);
William Roy Schneider, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of predicting vehicle breakdown and operability includes monitoring at a monitoring station on-board systems parameter data transmitted from a vehicle from a remote location; determining whether any of the monitored data is out of a predetermined range; calculating trends for monitored data determined to be out of range; identifying any system fault; and predicting what vehicle system(s) must be corrected to avoid vehicle failure and when such system(s) are likely to fail unless corrected.