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Bearing device, for power transmission unit for an azimuth thruster

US12187400B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

Pierre Lavaine · Alingsås, SE
Lars Kahlman · Göteborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 1, 2022
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2326/30
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing device providing at least one bearing, an acquisition device having at least one optical fiber attached at least partly to the bearing configured to measure at least one first parameter relative to the bearing, an optical interrogator coupled to the at least one optical fiber configured to process the at least one first parameter so as to obtain at least one second parameter, and having a transmitting antenna connected to the at least one optical fiber configured to process the at least one first parameter, and a receiving antenna cooperating with the transmitting antenna configured to send wirelessly the at least one second parameter.

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