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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John C. Todd, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 ;
Abstract
A flight data recording system ( ) including a flight data recorder (FDR ( ) with an integrated flight data acquisition unit (FDAU) ( ). The FDR ( ) has first and second interface ports for communicating with one or more external aircraft instrumentation subsystems. The system includes an digital communication bus ( ) coupled to one of the interface ports and arranged to provide a communications pathway between the FDR ( ) and the external aircraft instrumentation subsystems. A portable maintenance access terminal ( ) is coupled to the system via a local area network bus ( ).