Patent · US Expired

Device for allowing the use in an aircraft of radio communication means

US5887258A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1997
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/18508
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device 1 for allowing the use in a aircraft A of at least one radio communication apparatus (R), such as mobile telephones. According to the invention, the radio communication apparatus (R) includes a first connection switch (MC1) between an information processing unit (2) and a transmit unit (3), and a connection switch (MC2) between the processing unit (2) and a receiving unit (5), and the device (1) includes a transmitter (8) transmitting waves (OE) out of the aircraft (A), a receiver (10) detecting waves outside the aircraft (A), and paths L1 and L2 respectively linked to the transmitter (8) and to the first connection switch (MC1) and to the receiver (10) and to the second connection switch (MC2).

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