Real time galley power management and fault monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10384802-B2
Application number	US-201615047830-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Aug 20, 2019
Grant date	Aug 20, 2019

Abstract

A real-time galley power management and fault monitoring system for an aircraft manages a status of power consumption of a plurality of galley inserts inside a galley complex of an aircraft and monitors fault status of each galley insert of the plurality of galley inserts.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A real-time galley power management and fault monitoring system for an aircraft, the system comprising:
a network server in an interior of the aircraft;
a plurality of separate galley complexes in the interior of the aircraft, the network server being separate from each galley complex of the plurality of galley complexes; and,
a wireless galley control unit inside each galley complex in the interior of the aircraft, each wireless galley control unit inside each galley complex being configured for wireless communication with the network server.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit inside each galley complex being configured for communication with a plurality of galley inserts inside the galley complex and not communicate with other galley inserts inside other galley complexes of the plurality of galley complexes.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
the galley inserts being ARINC-812 inserts.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit inside each galley complex being configured for wireless communication with the inserts in the galley complex.

5. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit inside each galley complex being configured to control operation of the plurality of galley inserts inside each galley complex.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:
the network server being configured to allocate electric power to each wireless galley control unit and to the plurality of galley inserts under the control of each wireless galley control unit.

7. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit being configured to communicate status information and fault information of the plurality of galley inserts under the control of each wireless galley control unit to the network server.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
the network server having a memory that records status information and fault information communicated to the network server by each wireless galley control unit.

9. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit having a display screen that is configured to display status information and fault information for each galley insert under the control of each wireless galley control unit of the plurality of galley inserts on the display screen.

10. A real-time galley power management and fault monitoring system for an aircraft, the system comprising:
a network server in an interior of the aircraft; and,
a plurality of wireless galley control units, each wireless galley control unit of the plurality of wireless galley control units being inside a separate galley complex in the interior of the aircraft, each wireless galley control unit of the plurality of wireless galley control units being configured for wireless communication with the network server.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit being configured for communication with a plurality of galley inserts inside the galley complex.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
the galley inserts being ARINC-812 inserts.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
the wireless galley control unit being configured for one of wireless communication with the inserts in the galley complex and wired communication with the inserts in the galley complex.

14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
the wireless galley control unit being configured to control operation of the plurality of galley inserts.

15. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
the network server being configured to allocate electric power to each wireless galley control unit of the plurality of wireless galley control units.

16. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit of the plurality of wireless galley control units being configured to communicate status information and fault information of the plurality of galley inserts with the network server either upon request by an application hosted on the network server or whenever the wireless galley control unit detects exceedance in observed parameters related to the wireless galley control unit within a local network.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:
the network server having a memory that records status information and fault information communicated to the network server by the plurality of wireless galley control units.

18. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
each wireless galley control unit having a display screen that is configured to display status information and fault information for each galley insert of the plurality of galley inserts on the display screen.

19. A method of real-time galley power management and fault monitoring for an aircraft, the method comprising;
communicating a plurality of wireless galley control units inside a plurality of separate galley complexes in an interior of the aircraft with a network server in the interior of the aircraft, the network server being separate from the plurality of separate galley complexes and not in the galley complexes; and,
programming the network server with a custom algorithm that manages requests for power received from the wireless galley control unit and allocates electric power to the wireless galley control unit and accepts power management requests from other systems of the aircraft.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
programming the network server with a custom algorithm that manages requests for power received from the plurality of galley complexes and allocates electric power to each of the galley complexes and also records statuses of the galley complexes and records statuses of galley inserts within the galley complexes.

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Ferrer Alberto
• Kumar Anil
• Rayaprolu Kesav R

Classifications

• B64D11/04

  Galleys · CPC title

• B64D47/00 Primary

  Equipment not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G05B19/048 Primary

  Monitoring; Safety · CPC title