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System and method for monitoring lubricant of an engine

US9790826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 2014
Grant dateOct 17, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/2888
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring lubricant of an engine. The system for monitoring lubricant of an engine comprises: a lubricant sensor, which measures lubricant quantity of the engine; a data acquisition unit, which collects the lubricant quantity of the engine from the lubricant sensor at a fixed time interval; and a message generation unit, which generates lubricant quantity monitoring messages according to the lubricant quantity of the engine collected by the data acquisition unit.

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