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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Woerden, NL;
Brian Murray, Aberdeen, GB;
Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham, Utrecht, NL;
Inventors:
Nicolaas Simon Willem Den Haak, Woerden, NL;
Brian Murray, Aberdeen, GB;
Andreas Clemens Van Der Ham, Utrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 41/00 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 5/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
The sensing of a mechanical load on a rolling element bearing, in operational use of the bearing, is carried out by measuring the strain on a surface () of the bearing that faces in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of the mechanical load.