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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Norbert Irmer, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Carsten Etling, Spaichingen, DE;
Guido Schmid, Triberg, DE;
Inventors:
Norbert Irmer, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Carsten Etling, Spaichingen, DE;
Guido Schmid, Triberg, DE;
Assignee:
Minebea Co., Ltd., Miyota-machi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to improve a method to determine the lubricant filling degree of a fluid bearing in which the bearing gap of the fluid bearing is illuminated and the luminous reflectance is analyzed so that the filling degree can be determined in a simple and reproducible manner, it is provided that a spatial intensity profile of the reflected light is recorded.