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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Paul George Conley, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bryan Uncapher, Grayslake, IL (US);
Joe T Inciong, Skokie, IL (US);
Paul George Conley, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bryan Uncapher, Grayslake, IL (US);
Joe T Inciong, Skokie, IL (US);
LINCOLN INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A bearing system includes a bearing housing configured to house a bearing, the bearing housing enclosing a free volume for receiving lubricant, a quantity of the lubricant in the free volume, a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter affecting a degradation rate at which the lubricant will degrade and to produce at least one output signal indicative of the measured at least one parameter, a pump for pumping lubricant into the bearing housing, and a controller configured to receive the at least one output signal from the sensor and to control the pump based a function of the received at least one output signal.