Bearing
US9482284B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K19/26
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A bearing includes at least an inner ring, an outer ring, and rolling bodies arranged between the inner and outer rings, one of the rings being designed to turn and the fixed, and one of the rings including an inducing element is designed to generate an inducing electromagnetic field, the other of the rings including an electrical circuit in which an induced current is generated when one of the rings turns in relation to the other of the rings, and when the inducing element generates an inducing electromagnetic field, wherein the inducing element designed to generate an inducing electromagnetic field includes a module having a piezoelectric effect and/or a module having a thermoelectric effect.
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