US Patent:
20200025274, Jan 23, 2020
Inventors:
- Farmington Hills MI, US
Gregory P. BEACH - Farmington Hills MI, US
Sesha Jayateja PEERAMSETTY - West-Bloomfield MI, US
Tejas PUNTAMBEKAR - Farmington Hills MI, US
Yi HAN - Wixom MI, US
Joseph P. SULLIVAN - Plymouth MI, US
International Classification:
F16F 9/32
Abstract:
A system for monitoring the health of a damping device is provided, the damping device having a tube assembly containing at least one fluid, the system including: a sensor assembly mounted on an outer surface of the tube assembly, the sensor assembly having a thermometer; a transmitter configured for transmitting data, including temperature values gathered by the thermometer; a receiver configured for receiving the data; and a processor, configured for performing an analysis of the data. The processor sends an alarm signal, when values from the data are outside pre-programmed values of an alarm threshold.
