ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,424, issued on April 29, was assigned to Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"On-component tracking of maintenance, usage, and remaining useful life" was invented by Brian Tucker (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment is a system including a component for installation on a vehicle comprising a central maintenance computer ("CMC"); a configuration/maintenance module ("CMM") associated with the component and including memory for storing component information, a sensor for detecting a condition and generating data indicative thereof; a microprocessor for processing the sensor data and updating the compo...