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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1984

Filed:

Mar. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:

Bernard Darrel, Schenectady, NY (US);

Joseph Czechowski, III, Schenectady, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H / ; G01M / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73659 ; 73660 ; 340680 ; 340683 ;
Abstract

The vibration of a moving device which has repetitive movements, for instance a rotary compressor, are sensed at the outer case and analyzed in real time in both the time and frequency plane. For the time analysis the envelope of the signal is generated; for the frequency analysis a fast Fourier transform is performed and separate power spectra for fractions of a revolution are produced. The signatures are compared with those of an acceptable device to identify rejects and abnormalities at a particular position of a moving part.


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