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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A McCarty, San Diego, CA (US);
Jerry Drury, Del Mar, CA (US);
Bryan Calderwood, Murrieta, CA (US);
Steve Thompson, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
SKF Condition Monitoring, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ; G01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702 56 ; 702182 ; 702 33 ; 73593 ; 73660 ;
Abstract
A portable vibration monitoring probe is provided which comprises a housing, a probe and a transducer is provided. An analog to digital converter is coupled to the transducer output. The vibration monitor comprises an interface configured to transmit digital data comprising vibration parameters derived from the digitized analog signal to processing circuitry external to the housing. In some embodiments of the present invention, vibration monitors may be configured to store information in a memory located near the measuring point.