Caterpillar Inc.

Ryan David Funk

Nathan Stephen Pauli

Daniel Gregory Wear

Yuanhong Guan

Kendall R Harrell

David C Hoots

Dustin J Funk

Joseph R Manley

Dennis Lee Kroeger

Nathaniel P O'Brien

Raghunandana H Madhava

A mounting system for retrofitting a vibration sensor to a machine component is provided. The mounting system includes an elongate fastener, a washer, and a mounting boss. The elongate fastener includes a fastener head and an elongated body defining a longitudinal top end and a longitudinal bottom end. The longitudinal bottom end defines a fastening end configured to engage with a corresponding fastening receptacle of the machine component. The washer defines an external surface and includes a central cavity for engaging the elongated body of the elongate fastener therein. The mounting boss includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes an internal cavity defining a first cavity section configured to engage with the external surface of the washer, and a second cavity section to engage with the fastener head of the elongate fastener. The second portion defines a receiving port for receiving the vibration sensor.

Mounting system for vibration measurement system

A method of monitoring oil level in a transmission system of a machine is disclosed. The method includes monitoring an oil pressure and calculating an average value of the oil pressure over a first predetermined time duration. The method further includes calculating a variance of the oil pressure from the average value and recording a deviation if the variance is beyond a threshold variance. The method further includes detecting a low oil level condition if a count of deviations is above a threshold count within a second predetermined time duration.

System and method of monitoring oil level in transmission system of machine

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Washington, IL, United States of America

Ryan David Funk