Telecommunications – Transmitter – Mobile or portable
Reissue Patent
2003-11-06
2008-09-02
Crosland, Donnie L. (Department: 2612)
Telecommunications
Transmitter
Mobile or portable
C455S431000, C340S945000, C340S870030, C701S014000, C701S035000, C375S130000, C370S316000, C342S033000
Reissue Patent
active
RE040479
ABSTRACT:
The system and method of the present invention provides a record of the performance of an aircraft engine. A plurality of sensors sense engine conditions and generate engine data. A ground data link unit is positioned within the aircraft and receives the engine datainsert-start id="INS-S-00001" date="20080902" ?and stores the engine data within an archival data storeinsert-end id="INS-S-00001" ?. A wideband spread spectrum transmitter that can be part of a transceiver downloads the engine data to a ground based spread spectrum receiver that can be part of a transceiver, and receives the wideband spread spectrum communication signal from the aircraft. It demodulates the wideband spread spectrum communication signal to obtain the engine data.
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Wright Thomas H.
Ziarno James J.
Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
Crosland Donnie L.
Harris Corporation
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