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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
New Hampshire Ball Bearing, Inc., Peterborough, NH (US);
Graham Andrew Dowie, Epsom, NH (US);
Brandyn Duane Lewis, Canterbury, NH (US);
Richard R. Soelch, Sanbornton, NH (US);
NEW HAMPSHIRE BALL BEARINGS, INC., Chatsworth, CA (US);
Abstract
A bearing with a wear surface sensor configured to wirelessly transmit information comprising a bearing wear surface containing a wear surface sensor wherein the wear surface sensor includes one or more connecting wires for transmitting a data signal from the wear surface sensor indicative of the state of wear of the bearing wear surface. The one or more connecting wires extend outside of the bearing wear surface and are connected to a radio frequency communicator for transmitting a data signal from the sensor indicative of the state of wear of the bearing wear surface. The radio frequency communicator and the sensor are fixed relative to one another such that the connecting wires are not flexed to failure during bearing use.