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- Patent Title: Communication methods between a tanker aircraft and a receiver aircraft in an in-flight refueling operation
- Patent Title (中): 在飞机加油操作中油罐机和接收机之间的通信方法
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Application No.: US14318849Application Date: 2014-06-30
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Publication No.: US09197468B2Publication Date: 2015-11-24
- Inventor: Javier Fernandez García , Luis Fernando Gimenez Abad
- Applicant: EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS, S.A.
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS, S.A.
- Current Assignee: EADS CONSTRUCCIONES AERONAUTICAS, S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: EP13382253 20130628
- Main IPC: H04L27/10
- IPC: H04L27/10 ; H04L27/14 ; H04L27/12 ; B64D39/00

Abstract:
Transmission of data and audio messages between tanker and receiver aircrafts to facilitate air refueling operations using a boom device, wherein the method includes transmitting a data message from one aircraft to the other aircraft as an analog signal via the electro-magnetic connection which is also used for transmission of audio messages between the aircrafts which may be operating in a radio silence environment.
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