IP Library Granted Patent US 8,593,304
Granted Patent B2
US 8,593,304 · App. 12/883,570 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Installation for detecting and displaying the failures of the functional systems of an aircraft

Inventors: Estelle Pimouguet (Fonsorbes, FR); Rémi Cabaret (Toulouse, FR); Nicolas Lambert (Grepiac, FR)
Assignees: Airbus Operations (SAS); Airbus (SAS)
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Patent No.
US 8,593,304
App. No.
12/883,570
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An installation for detecting and displaying the failures of the functional systems of an aircraft is described. The installation can include both a general alarm system ( 4 ) connected to said functional systems ( 2 ) and to the auxiliary alarm detection means ( 5 ) originated from said functional systems, and a complementary alarm system ( 6 ), connected to said functional systems ( 2 ), independently from the general system ( 4 ), and able to indicate a breakdown not detected by the general system on the instrument panel of the cockpit.

Claims (7)

1. An installation for detecting and displaying the breakdowns of the functional systems ( 2 ) of an aircraft, comprising:

a general alarm system ( 4 ), connected to said functional systems ( 2 ) and able to indicate said breakdowns detected on at least one display screen ( 9 ) located substantially in front of the pilot, on the instrument panel of the cockpit; and

auxiliary alarm detection means ( 5 ) directly originated from said functional systems ( 2 ), independently from said general system, and able to indicate said detected breakdowns to warning elements ( 17 ) arranged at least in part at the level of the ceiling of said cockpit, above said pilot, and

a complementary alarm system ( 6 ), connected to said functional systems ( 2 ) independently from said general system ( 4 ), and adapted for detecting and indicating on said instrument panel of said cockpit, at least one breakdown not correctly detected by said general system,

wherein the indication of the breakdowns detected by said complementary system ( 6 ), when they are not detected by said general system ( 4 ), is displayed on said display screen ( 9 ) dedicated to said general alarm system,

wherein said breakdown indication comprises displaying, on said display screen, an alarm message ( 20 ) indicating the non-detection of an alarm by said general system and the page relating to the functional system associated with the breakdown not detected by said general system, and

wherein the alarm message is displayed in a lower part of the display screen arranged in the vision field of a pilot wearing binoculars.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2010
From: PIMOUGUET, ESTELLE; CABARET, REMI; LAMBERT, NICOLAS
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS); AIRBUS (SAS)
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 09 04440 · Sep 17, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110063137A1 · Mar 17, 2011