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Device and method for managing equipment maintenance

US8149092B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2007
Grant dateApr 3, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/125
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a device for managing equipment maintenance. It relates to a device for managing maintenance of a number N of items of equipment EQi built into a system, i designating an index identifying the item of equipment EQi and lying between 1 and N, the system furthermore comprising a main computer RC, the equipment EQi exchanging data with the main computer RC through a communication network, the equipment EQi being capable of being built into the system or of being removed from the system, each item of equipment EQi being protected by a protective housing BPi, the communication node Nj occupying a position internal to the housing BPi and being devised to exchange data with the radio tag ETi, the radio tag ETi being fixed securely to the housing BPi and being devised to deliver data through a contactless link.

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