Patent ID: 7050894

Claim:
A system for diagnosing an aircraft component or component assembly for maintenance and repair purposes, said system comprising: (a) a sensor unit including its own energy source ( 84 ) independent of any aircraft system, at least one sensor positioned in or on said aircraft for monitoring an aircraft component or component assembly to which said at least one sensor is allocated to provide status information signals regarding the status of said aircraft component, (b) in said sensor unit a first transmitter for transmitting said status information signals and a first receiver for receiving interrogation signals, (c) a signal processing unit including a second transmitter for transmitting said interrogation signals and a second receiver for receiving said status information signals for processing by said signal processing unit to provide maintenance and repair information, and (d) a display including a touch display screen operatively connected to said signal processing unit for displaying said maintenance and repair information, said touch display screen being adapted for pinpointing by a touch any particular aircraft component to be diagnosed.