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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Iwase, Kanagawa, JP;
Taisuke Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a state detection method for detecting an oil film state according to a lubricant in a device configured to lubricate a plurality of parts with the lubricant, the method including: a measurement step of measuring impedance and a phase angle of an electric circuit by applying an AC voltage to the electric circuit configured with the plurality of parts while changing a frequency; and a derivation step of deriving an oil film thickness according to the lubricant and a parameter indicating an electrical characteristic according to the oil film thickness, based on a relative dielectric constant at a high frequency limit of the lubricant defined based on a composition of the lubricant, and the impedance and the phase angle measured in the measurement step.