Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for hydraulic pump health monitoring
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Application No.: US15244471Application Date: 2016-08-23
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Publication No.: US10208773B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Richard A. Carpenter , Solimar Reyes-Rodriguez
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull
- Main IPC: F15B20/00
- IPC: F15B20/00 ; F04B51/00 ; E02F9/22 ; E02F9/26 ; F04B49/06

Abstract:
A system may comprise a first sensor; a second sensor; and an electronic control module. The electronic control module may be configured to determine a flow of the fluid based on information regarding the pressure from the first sensor and information regarding the temperature from the second sensor; determine a portion of the flow of the fluid that is directed to a particle counter of the machine; receive, from the particle counter, information identifying a quantity of particles in the portion of the flow of the fluid; determine a quality of the fluid based on the quantity of particles; determine whether the flow of the fluid exceeds a flow threshold or whether the quality of the fluid is less than a quality threshold; and take a remedial action when the flow of the fluid exceeds the flow threshold or the quality of the fluid is less than the quality threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180058482A1 SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC PUMP HEALTH MONITORING Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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