Vehicle system with sensor probe assembly for monitoring oil health

US10996210B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo · Niskayuna, US
• Craig Mack · Lisburn, GB
• Christopher Calvert · Belfast, GB
• Brian Scherer · Niskayuna, US
• James Schreiner · Erie, US
• Najeeb M. Kuzhiyil · Lawrence Park, US
• Subramani Adhiachari · Bengaluru, IN
• Partho Kayal · Kanchinakote, IN
• Milan Karunaratne · Lawrence Park, US
• Nicholas Edward Roddy · Clifton Park, US
• Janaki Gadiyaram · Bengaluru, IN
• Steven Go · Niskayuna, US
• Victor Manuel Salazar · Albany, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2018
• Grant date: May 4, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/28
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A locomotive system is provided that includes a platform, plural wheel-axle sets operably coupled to the platform, a reservoir attached to the platform and configured to hold a fluid, and a resonant sensor probe assembly coupled to the reservoir. The sensor probe assembly includes a substrate formed from one or more dielectric materials and free-standing electrodes coupled with the substrate. The free-standing electrodes are configured to be placed into the fluid, to generate an electric field between the free-standing electrodes, and to measure an impedance response of the sensor to the fluid between the electrodes.