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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:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Steven W. Arms, Williston, VT (US);
Christopher P Townsend, Shelburne, VT (US);
David L. Churchill, Burlington, VT (US);
Michael J. Hamel, Essex Jct, VT (US);
Steven W. Arms, Williston, VT (US);
Christopher P Townsend, Shelburne, VT (US);
David L. Churchill, Burlington, VT (US);
Michael J. Hamel, Essex Jct, VT (US);
Microstrain, Inc., Williston, VT (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present patent application is a method of monitoring a rotating part. The method includes providing a shaft, a sensor, a processor, an energy storage device, and a transmitter. The method further includes mounting the sensor directly on the shaft and mounting said processor, said energy storage device, and said transmitter to rotate with said shaft. The method further includes rotating the shaft and waking the processor for a period of time and drawing energy to the processor from the energy storage device to provide the processor in an active mode during the period of time. The method also includes sampling the sensor during the period of time. It also includes returning the processor to sleep mode. The method also includes transmitting data derived from the sensor.