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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Joshua D. Isom, Allentown, PA (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Guicai Zhang, Minhang District, CN;
Fanping Sun, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Madhusudana Shashanka, Manchester, CT (US);
Yan Chen, South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Stratford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/46 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/46 (2013.01); G01M 13/021 (2013.01); G01M 13/028 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); G01N 2291/2696 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to obtaining an impact energy signal associated with each of a plurality of teeth of a gear over a revolution of a shaft associated with the gear, generating, by a computing device comprising a processor, a profile of the impact energy signal, and declaring a fault associated with an identified tooth included in the plurality of teeth based on an analysis of the profile.