Patent ID: 9026336
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B64D,G01M,G05B

Abstract:
1. A monitoring system for an aircraft engine, comprising: a plurality of wireless engine sensors mounted on the aircraft engine and each configured to sense an engine parameter as engine data and transmit wirelessly the engine data and receive data to change the respective operation of the engine parameter sensing in a wireless engine sensor; an engine monitoring module comprising: a housing configured to be mounted at the aircraft engine, a first wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a memory carried by the housing, a processor carried by the housing and coupled to the memory and the first wireless transceiver and configured to: collect and store in said memory engine data relating to at least one engine parameter sensed during operation of the aircraft engine by the plurality of engine sensors and transmit the engine data via the first wireless transceiver over a wireless communications signal; and a wireless local area network (LAN) communications unit located within the aircraft and forming a wireless access point and wireless LAN within the aircraft, the wireless LAN communications unit including a wireless communications unit configured to receive the engine data transmitted from the first wireless transceiver, and further comprising an aircraft processor located within the aircraft and associated with the wireless communications unit and configured to receive and process the engine data from the communications unit during the flight of the aircraft and process the engine data and determine engine operating parameters and engine sensor operation of at least one engine sensor and transmit back to the engine monitoring module data regarding engine parameter sensing in the at least one engine sensor, wherein selected ones of the plurality of wireless engine sensors receive the data regarding engine parameter sensing and change the operation of a respective sensor for a different engine parameter sensing operation.