Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubrication monitoring device and method, and rolling bearing assembly
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Application No.: US12314367Application Date: 2008-12-09
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Publication No.: US08434596B2Publication Date: 2013-05-07
- Inventor: Masashi Hattori
- Applicant: Masashi Hattori
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-Shi, Osaka
- Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
- Current Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-Shi, Osaka
- Agency: McGinn IP Law Group, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-321141 20071212; JP2007-321183 20071212; JP2008-146886 20080604
- Main IPC: F01M1/18
- IPC: F01M1/18

Abstract:
A lubrication monitoring device monitors a lubricating condition of a lubricator feeding an oil droplet at a predetermined time interval by means of a discharge nozzle having a nozzle orifice. The lubrication monitoring device comprises: a pair of electrodes disposed in the proximity of the nozzle orifice; a capacitance detecting portion for detecting the variation of capacitance between the pair of electrodes, the capacitance varying in conjunction with the varying amount of oil fed from the nozzle orifice to space between the pair of electrodes; and a determination portion for determining whether the oil droplet is fed at the predetermined time interval or not, the determination made based on the detection result supplied from the capacitance detecting portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090152050A1 Lubrication monitoring device and method, and rolling bearing assembly Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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