Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load sensing bearing with integrated sensor module
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Application No.: US16986050Application Date: 2020-08-05
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Publication No.: US11306775B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Carl Riedel , Scott Phillips , Kim Hoffmann , Matthew Campbell , Michael Peschke
- Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WI Beloit
- Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Beloit
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: F16C19/52
- IPC: F16C19/52 ; F16C41/00 ; G01L5/00 ; G01M13/04 ; G01M13/045

Abstract:
A bearing assembly may include an integral sensor module retained within a bore in the bearing housing. The sensor module includes at least one strain gauge oriented to sense a compressive load acting on the bearing housing. The sensor module may be retained within the bore under an axial compressive load. The sensor module may include a power source and a wired or wireless communications module for transmitting information indicative of the compressive load to an external instrument or other system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210040987A1 LOAD SENSING BEARING WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR MODULE Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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