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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jagannathan Sarangapani, San Antonio, TX (US);
Sri K. Rangarajan, Peoria, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/500 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining severity of a trend toward an impending machine failure under actual operating conditions. The method and apparatus includes providing a typical failure trend based on a set of normal operating conditions for the machine, determining a slope value for the typical failure trend, determining a slope value for the trend toward the impending machine failure under the actual or proposed operating conditions, determining a weight value for at least the actual or proposed operating conditions, and determining the severity as a function of the slope values and the weight value.