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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Ali N. Rashid, Covington, KY (US);
Monroe A. Stone, Gurley, AL (US);
James F. Priddy, Huntsville, AL (US);
Ali N. Rashid, Covington, KY (US);
Monroe A. Stone, Gurley, AL (US);
James F. Priddy, Huntsville, AL (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Repair or replacement of a transparency mounted in body of a vehicle, e.g. an aircraft when one or more properties of the transparency is (are) operating outside of an acceptable limit(s) is arranged by monitoring operating performance of a property of the transparency, e.g. by mounted a sensor, e.g. a sensor for detecting moisture; a sensor for detecting impacts and vibrations; a sensor for detecting fractures; a sensor for detecting electric arcing, and a sensor for measuring temperature of an electrically conductive coating, on the transparency. Scheduling repair or replacement of the transparency at a geographical area when the operating performance of the property is outside an acceptable operating performance limit, and forwarding the schedule to the vehicle and to a maintenance location to prepare for the repair or replacement of the transparency at the geographical work area.