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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Anindya Ghoshal, Middletown, CT (US);
Ronald I. Holland, East Hampton, CT (US);
Herbert A. Chin, Portland, CT (US);
James L. Ambler, Stafford Springs, CT (US);
Leroy H. Favrow, Newington, CT (US);
Lucy M. Favrow, Legal Representative, Newington, CT (US);
David A. Haluck, Stuart, FL (US);
Anindya Ghoshal, Middletown, CT (US);
Ronald I. Holland, East Hampton, CT (US);
Herbert A. Chin, Portland, CT (US);
James L. Ambler, Stafford Springs, CT (US);
Leroy H. Favrow, Newington, CT (US);
Lucy M. Favrow, legal representative, Newington, CT (US);
David A. Haluck, Stuart, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for testing ball bearings includes applying a Hertzian contact stress on a ball bearing to provide a fracture of the ball bearing that releases acoustic energy, establishing a signal representing the acoustic energy, and identifying occurrence of the fracture based upon the signal.