Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bearing cage with antenna and method for detecting failure of a bearing cage
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Application No.: US15278082Application Date: 2016-09-28
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Publication No.: US09989097B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Yoann Hebrard , Defeng Lang , Andreas Karlsson , Victor Martinez , Frank de Wit
- Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: SKF USA Inc. Patent Dept.
- Agent Bryan Peckjian
- Priority: EP15380043 20150930
- Main IPC: F16C41/00
- IPC: F16C41/00 ; F16C33/46 ; F16C33/56 ; F16C33/38 ; F16C33/44 ; G01M13/04 ; H01Q7/00 ; H01Q1/27

Abstract:
The invention relates to a bearing cage including a bearing cage main body made of a polymer material and having pockets for receiving at least one row of rolling elements of a bearing. The cage is provided with a passive resonant circuit including an antenna coil attached to the cage main body. It is proposed that the antenna coil is formed as a conductive layer directly attached to the cage material of the bearing cage main body and is designed so as to have a breaking point less than or equal to a breaking point of the cage material. Thus, a rupture in the cage main body ruptures the antenna coil, changing the resonance behavior of the passive resonant circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170102036A1 BEARING CAGE WITH ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAILURE OF A BEARING CAGE Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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