Patent ID: 9540112
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B64D,G01S

Claim:
1. An automatic distress beacon system configured to equip a vehicle, comprising: a fixed base unit configured to be rigidly fixed to a structure of the vehicle, and comprising an electronic management unit; and a removable beacon configured to be releasably mounted on the base unit to transform from a survival beacon to the automatic distress beacon and configured to be removed from the base unit to transform the automatic distress beacon to the survival beacon, the electronic management unit comprises a first connector to connect to a data and control bus of the vehicle to receive data from the data and control bus and commands to activate the beacon; and a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation commands to the beacon, the beacon comprises at least one memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected via the base unit to an external transmission antenna of the vehicle.