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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar, Erie, PA (US);
Bret Dwayne Worden, Erie, PA (US);
Jeffrey David Willis, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Jeffrey Paul Moffett, Erie, PA (US);
Mark Alan Pfingsten, Erie, PA (US);
Steven Joseph Ehret, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring a vehicle determine a baseline wheel rotational speed and wheel rotational speeds of a wheel for different positions along an outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are determined, and the deviations between the wheel rotational speeds and the baseline wheel rotational speed are correlated with one or more identified positions of the positions along the outer perimeter of the wheel. One or more of damage to the wheel or damage to a drivetrain of the vehicle is identified based at least in part on the one or more deviations being correlated with the one or more identified positions.