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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8276450 | Method for optimally operating transmissions A method for optimally operating mechanically loaded, moved, particularly rotating components, such as gearboxes, wherein in the operating stage damage accumulation is used to evaluate the influence of a collective load on the lifespan of the loaded rotating compone... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8065916 | Bearing state diagnostic apparatus Provided is a bearing state diagnostic apparatus in which a sound generated from a bearing is detected by a sound sensor, a detected value of the sound sensor is compared with data which was previously formed, thereby diagnosing a state of the bearing, wherein at le... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8051716 | Method for testing a bearing component by means of ultrasound and optical inspection A method for testing a bearing component in order to ensure that the bearing surface and a load-bearing region located underneath the bearing surface are in a perfect condition. A material testing depth containing the point of maximum mechanical load during operatio... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7971484 | Method for evaluating reliability of steel and high-reliability steel obtained by the same A method for evaluating the reliability of steel in terms of inclusions is characterized in that the inclusions of approximately 100 μm or less in maximum inclusion size are evaluated by microscopy combined with the extreme-value statistical analysis; the inclusion... | 07/05/2011 |
| RE42197 | Method for compensation for mechanical oscillations in machines A method for compensating for a mechanical oscillation which has a frequency spectrum which can be approximately represented by a number of discrete frequency components, at a machine shaft via at least one actuator acting directly or indirectly upon the machine sha... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7779691 | Acoustic method and apparatus for fracture detection of ball bearings A method for testing ball bearings includes applying a Hertzian contact stress on a ball bearing to provide a fracture of the ball bearing that releases acoustic energy, establishing a signal representing the acoustic energy, and identifying occurrence of the fractu... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7712367 | Interface module apparatus for an electrical machine, for calculating the life of a bearing An electric motor is equipped with an interface module, which is used to calculate the remaining service life of a bearing. The interface module can be integrated into the motor or can be fitted to the latter. The remaining service life of the bearing can be estimat... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7578192 | System and method for monitoring operation of a press assembly A system and method for monitoring operation of a press assembly includes establishing a baseline vibration level for a first location on the press assembly. The baseline vibration level defines a boundary for vibrations beyond which one or more press elements have ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7559240 | Method and device for assessing residual service life of rolling bearing Degradation of the lubricant due to contamination of the lubricant with wear particles or moisture, which greatly affects the service life of rolling bearings, can be detected in a cost-effective manner through the use of a resonance frequency band signal or high-fr... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7543499 | Vibration detection device for attachment to a wheel and wheel with such a device A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delive... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543500 | Method and apparatus for non-destructive testing of components of gas turbine engines made of monocrystalline materials Single-crystal components of gas turbine engines, like turbine blades, are inspected in the installed state within the engine for cracking in certain critical areas using longitudinal ultrasonic waves. A first, rough orientation of the ultrasonic waves onto the crit... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7513159 | Shaft Coupling Monitoring Apparatus In a shaft coupling monitoring apparatus for monitoring a spider joint using outer peripheries of four shafts of a cross shaft as rolling contact surfaces, each of the shafts contains therein a sensor for detecting any damage on the rolling contact surface thereof. ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7503216 | Device and method for evaluating rigidity of bearing device, device and method for manufacturing bearing device, and bearing device An apparatus of producing bearing device having a bearing, a shaft attached to an inner ring and an outer ring attaching member attached to an outer ring. The apparatus includes a vibrating unit of giving a radial input vibration to each inner ring or both ends of t... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7435004 | Methods and apparatus for assembling a bearing assembly A method for predicting bearing failure, wherein the bearing includes an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements between the inner and outer race. The method includes coupling a sensor assembly to the outer race, the sensor assembly including ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7409319 | Method and apparatus for detecting rub in a turbomachine An embodiment of the disclosed method and apparatus relates to a system for detecting a rub in a turbomachine. The system includes a turbomachine; sensors monitoring turbomachine conditions; and an on site monitor in communication with the sensors, and loaded with i... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372279 | Power generation unit condition monitor using frequency profile analysis A power generator unit condition monitoring system can receive a frequency profile generated by a frequency generating component and can transmit the received frequency to a frequency profile analyzer. The frequency profile analyzer analyzes the transmitted frequenc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370537 | Ceramic ball bearing acoustic test method An acoustical mechanical test method prescribes compressing brittle balls in spherical conforming opposing platens producing equatorial bulging, tensile stresses, and resulting in crack or flaw growth with emissions of acoustical sounds for direct identification of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368827 | Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369964 | Method and apparatus for issuing repair alerts in a transmission mechanism White noise is applied to a servocontrol system of a servomotor in order to measure a frequency characteristic of a mechanical component in an electric injection molding machine, and a signal from an encoder is applied to a fast Fourier converter. Data from the fast... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361998 | Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for powering a load from an ambient source of energy is provided. The device includes an energy harvesting device for harvesting energy from the ambient source of energy wherein the rate energy is harvested from the ambient source of energy is below that re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357031 | Precision sensor assembly for rotating members in a machine tool A precision sensor assembly for rotating members in a machine tool comprises a rotor unit (16) rigidly fixed to a rotor portion (2a) of the machine tool and including a sensor (5) for detecting vibrations produced by the operation of the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337672 | Method for inspecting grinding wheels This invention discloses a method of evaluating the internal structure of a grinding wheel through ultrasonic inspection. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336455 | System and method for proactive motor wellness diagnosis The present invention is directed to a power meter or overload relay including a housing and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operation of a motor. A processor disposed within the housing and configured to receive operational feedback from the plurality ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331235 | Device for indicating a beat level A device for indicating a beat level L, the device including an analyzer which responds to a reference frequency Ω and a harmonic coefficient B to extract from an evaluation signal E a first acceleration signal γB at a frequency equal to the product of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325456 | Interrogation network patches for active monitoring of structural health conditions Apparatus for monitoring structural health conditions of structures. The apparatus includes a piezoelectric device that has a bottom cover plate, piezoelectric rings concentrically disposed with respect to an axis and positioned on the bottom cover plate, and concen... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324919 | Apparatus for analysing the condition of a machine An apparatus for analysing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, includes: at least one input for receiving measurement data from a sensor for surveying a measuring point of the machine, the measurement data being dependent on rotation of the shaft; an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320455 | Instrumented platform for vibration-sensitive equipment A platform that includes a vibration sensor located within an inner core of a table. The table may have a first plate that supports a vibration-sensitive payload. The first plate may be separated from a second plate by the inner core. The sensor can be located withi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320257 | Load measuring device for rolling bearing unit and load measuring rolling bearing unit Revolution speeds nca, nib of rolling elements 9a, 9b are sensed by a pair of revolution speed sensors 21a, 21b. Also, a rotational speed ni of a hub 2 is sensed by a rot... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318350 | Valve monitoring system and method A valve monitoring system includes an alert generation system and a memory. The memory encodes baseline acoustic emission data on the valve for a predetermined period of operation. The alert generation system is arranged to receive acoustic emission data for the val... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316168 | Force-sensing bearing The invention relates to a roller bearing comprising curved running paths, in addition to roller bodies and strain gauge sensors which are arranged between said running paths, said sensors being located in a groove on the outer diameter of the outer ring and/or on t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318007 | Real time gear box health management system and method of using the same A system is provided for monitoring rotating machinery having a shaft and circumferentially disposed extensions rotatable with the shaft and spaced apart from one another. The system includes a plurality of proximeters positioned proximate to the rotating machinery ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317994 | Method and apparatus for signal signature analysis for event detection in rotating machinery A method for analyzing vibration including: acquiring a vibration signal; isolating a vibration signal event in the acquired signal; determining a frequency of a damped sinusoid of the vibration signal event, wherein the damped sinusoid characterizes the vibration s... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305884 | In situ monitoring of reactive material using ultrasound The present invention provides a device and method of non-destructively monitoring reactive material through a substrate for changes in material properties that designate the condition of the reactive material during cure and service life. A transducer is placed on ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7270007 | Apparatus and method for reducing vibration A method of reducing vibration in equipment having first and second mechanically connected subassemblies is disclosed. A sensor is disposed on the first subassembly. A vibration from the sensor is recorded. The vibration is attributable to a composite mechanical ope... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263901 | Method and device for determining the direction of displacement of a roller bearing component A measuring arrangement in a roller bearing, which determines the direction of displacement of a displaceable bearing component in relation to a stationary bearing component. Four pressure-dependent resistors (R1, R2, R3, R4) of a bridge ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263349 | Velocity responsive time tracking The velocity of a wireless communications device (WCD) is estimated. In response to this estimated velocity, a tracking speed of a filter is determined that corresponds to the estimated velocity. The filter filters a timing error signal to produce a control signal t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248975 | Real time monitoring of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber An apparatus and method for use is described which permits real time monitoring of build-up of particulate contamination in a wafer processing chamber. The apparatus is capable of monitoring particle build up in regions of a processing chamber which are not accessib... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231303 | Vibration sensor and method for monitoring the condition of rotating components and bearings A vibration sensor (1) for monitoring the state of rotating components or bearings, includes a housing (2), a sensor element (3), evaluation electronics (4), and at least one interface (5, 6). With the vibration sensor (1), ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7216551 | Rolling bearing unit with sensor A sensor device 2 has a magnetostrictive sensor 8 provided on a fixed-side raceway member 3 for detecting a gap between the sensor and a rotation-side raceway member 4, and means for processing the output of the magnetostrictive sensor | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210345 | Forced harmonic vibration master gear A forced harmonic vibration master gear for use in a device for detecting imperfections in a production gear includes a gear body having a plurality of gear teeth. Each of the plurality of gear teeth has a graduation of material added thereto extending from a form d... | 05/01/2007 |
