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Patent No.:

US 9879824 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2013

Debris detector for non-ferrous bearings

Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

James M. McCollough, Arlington, TX (US);

Ryan T. Ehinger, Irving, TX (US);

Troy Bunch, Keller, TX (US);

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:

James E. Walton

Primary Examiner:

Richard Gurtowski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 35/00 (2006.01); F16N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01M 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16N 29/00 (2013.01); B64C 27/00 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G01M 13/04 (2013.01); G01N 33/2858 (2013.01); G01N 33/2888 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method to detect non-ferrous debris from a non-ferrous roller bearing element. The system includes a trap in fluid communication with a lubrication fluid of the non-ferrous bearing and a sensor operably associate with the trap. The method includes trapping the non-ferrous material debris in the lubrication fluid with the trap and triggering the sensor upon detection of the non-ferrous material debris trapped within the trap.

Find Patent Forward Citations

McCollough, James. (2018). Debris detector for non-ferrous bearings (U.S. Patent No. 9879824). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9879824

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