Patent · US Active

Gear fault detection

US9482647B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

11References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Joshua D. Isom · Ellington, US
Zaffir A. Chaudhry · South Glastonbury, US
Guicai Zhang · Shanghai, CN
Fanping Sun · Glastonbury, US
Madhusudana Shashanka · Austin, US
Yan Chen · South Windsor, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 24, 2013
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/2696
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to obtaining an impact energy signal associated with each of a plurality of teeth of a gear over a revolution of a shaft associated with the gear, generating, by a computing device comprising a processor, a profile of the impact energy signal, and declaring a fault associated with an identified tooth included in the plurality of teeth based on an analysis of the profile.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.