Patent ID: 7551086

Claim:
An aircraft component identification and maintenance tracking system comprising: a plurality of aircraft components; a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, wherein each of said RFID tags is associated with a respective one of said aircraft components, said RFID tags comprising identification and maintenance data information specific to said aircraft component to which it is associated, the maintenance data including actions taken and conditions noted relative to the associated aircraft component throughout its life cycle; and a transceiver operatively configured to transmit an activation signal to each of said RFID tags, and further configured to receive information transmitted by each of said RFID tags, each said RFID tag configured to transmit at least one of identification data, configuration data, and maintenance data regarding said aircraft component with which said RFID tag is associated, said transceiver configured to generate data setting forth a configuration for an aircraft and consolidate the maintenance data for all the RFlD tagged aircraft components based on data received from a plurality of said RFID tags.