Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wear sensors for monitoring seal wear in bearing arrangements
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Application No.: US16365031Application Date: 2019-03-26
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Publication No.: US11112348B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: James S. Elder
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: F16J15/34
- IPC: F16J15/34 ; F16C19/52 ; F16C17/24 ; F16C41/00 ; F16C23/00 ; G01N17/00 ; F16C33/66 ; F16C33/76

Abstract:
A sensor assembly includes a wear sensor and a seal member. The wear sensor has an encapsulation body with a wear face, a sacrificial conductor embedded within the encapsulation body and spaced apart from the wear face, and a monitoring lead extending into the encapsulation body and connected to the sacrificial conductor. The wear sensor is fixed relative to the seal member and the encapsulation body has a wear coefficient that is greater than a wear coefficient of the seal member. Bearing arrangements and methods of monitoring seal wear in bearing arrangements are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200309673A1 WEAR SENSORS FOR MONITORING SEAL WEAR IN BEARING ARRANGEMENTS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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