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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Robert R. Ogden, McKinney, TX (US);
Paul H. Barton, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Bernard D. Heer, McKinney, TX (US);
Bradley A. Ross, Los Olivos, CA (US);
Carl S. Kirkconnell, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Raymond R. Beshears, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Robert R. Ogden, McKinney, TX (US);
Paul H. Barton, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Bernard D. Heer, McKinney, TX (US);
Bradley A. Ross, Los Olivos, CA (US);
Carl S. Kirkconnell, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Raymond R. Beshears, Van Alstyne, TX (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
According to certain embodiments, monitoring the health of a cryocooler includes monitoring physical properties of the cryocooler to obtain failure precursor parameters that indicate cryocooler health. A health fingerprint of the cryocooler is accessed. The health fingerprint associates the failure precursor parameters with a health level of the cryocooler. The health of the cryocooler is estimated in accordance with the health level.