Methods and apparatus for securing a sensor to a monitored device

US10163325B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.W. Grainger, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brice Klein · San Francisco, US
• Alessia Serafino · Palatine, US
• Yashaswini Madhavan · Lake Forest, US
• Jerry Shim · Paddy Lane, US
• Norman Lee · Lake Forest, US
• Murtaza Haider · Champaign, US
• Lindsay Hai · Lake Forest, US
• Mary Pietrowicz · Mahomet, US
• Xiaoyue Chen · Lake Forest, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16B2200/83
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sensor housing system is used to monitor the lifetime of a motor or other device. A protected housing shields a microprocessor and several sensors. The device communicates to a user information about the health of the motor or other device using thermal, vibrational, or other measurements. The information is compared to a baseline which provides a warning threshold. Once the threshold is passed, the microprocessor can alert the user that the motor or other device is about to fail.