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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventor:
Franck Landrieve, Fondettes, FR;
Assignee:
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 19/38 (2006.01); F16C 33/58 (2006.01); G01M 13/04 (2019.01); F16C 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 41/00 (2013.01); F16C 19/381 (2013.01); F16C 33/585 (2013.01); G01M 13/04 (2013.01); F16C 2233/00 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The bearing provides a first ring and a second ring capable of rotating concentrically relative to one another. At least first and second tapered grooves are formed on the second ring and are oriented towards the first ring. The bearing further provides at least one first distance sensor mounted on the first ring and facing a tapered wall of the first tapered groove of the second ring, and at least one second distance sensor mounted on the first ring and facing a tapered wall of the second tapered groove of the second ring, the tapered walls of the first and second grooves extending obliquely along two opposite directions.