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Device for attachment to a wheel and wheel with such a device

US7860633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AB SKF · SE

Inventors

Arno Stubenrauch · Aidhausen, DE
Jens Graf · Gochsheim, DE
Christian Knoche · Schweinfurt, DE
Hendrik Anne Mol · Sleeuwijk, NL
Russell Bugden · Iron River, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2009
Grant date	Dec 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M13/045
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for attachment to a motor vehicle wheel includes an arrangement which, during movement or driving of the motor vehicle, detects vibrations which occur, evaluates the vibrations for an incipient fault state of a wheel bearing of the vehicle wheel, and delivers a signal when the monitoring or evaluation yields or indicates the incipient fault state.

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