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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:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicant:
Matthew Allen Nelson, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Allen Nelson, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B25B 23/145 (2006.01); G01H 1/00 (2006.01); G01H 9/00 (2006.01); G01H 13/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01M 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/32 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 24/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a comparator that triggers a signal indicating an event occurrence of a moving element of a machine that is sensed by a sensor. The signal is triggered in response to a raw signal from the sensor exceeding a trigger level. Logic calculates a hold off time for re-triggering of the signal, and a timer monitors expiration of the hold off time. A trigger screener monitors amplitude of the raw signal and accepts a triggering of the signal from the comparator in response to expiration of the hold off time and the raw signal exceeding a re-trigger level.