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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Ming Li, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Roger Carlos Becerra, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Ludovic Andre Chretien, Columbia City, IN (US);
Brian Lee Beifus, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Ryan Keith Stephens, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Lester Benjamin Manz, Paulding, OH (US);
John Sheldon Wagley, Winona Lake, WI (US);
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Abstract
A motor controller for controlling an electric motor includes at least one integrated sensor disposed on the electric motor. The least one integrated sensor is configured to collect sensor data associated with a status of the electric motor for a period of time, the period of time beginning at an activation time and extending at least until an installation time. The motor controller may include an energy management system configured to power the at least one integrated sensor for at least a portion of the period of time, and a memory device configured to store the sensor data. The motor controller may include a data management system configured to communicate the sensor data from the at least one integrated sensor to at least one of the memory device and a remote device.