Sensor device with mounting element
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsAndrew Campbell, Allan Thomson
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Abstract
A sensor device for monitoring a component, the sensor device providing a zinc alloy mounting element comprising a bracket and a bolt. The zinc alloy of the zinc alloy mounting element increases a rigidity of the mounting element, the zinc alloy having less than 5% aluminum by weight and less than 5% copper by weight; and at least one sensor coupled to the zinc alloy mounting element for mounting to the component of interest. The at least one sensor measures at least one condition parameter of the component.
Claims16
A sensor device for monitoring a component of a vehicle, the component being a bearing mounted in a housing, the sensor device comprising:
- a zinc alloy mounting element comprising a bracket, a flat surface, and a bolt, wherein the zinc alloy of the zinc alloy mounting element increases a rigidity of the mounting element, the zinc alloy comprising less than 5% aluminum by weight and less than 5% copper by weight, and wherein the flat surface contacts the housing when the mounting element is mounted to the housing;
- at least one sensor coupled to the zinc alloy mounting element for mounting to the component of interest, wherein the at least one sensor measures at least one condition parameter of the component, and wherein the at least one sensor device is configured to attach via the zinc alloy mounting element to the housing close to a loaded zone of a non-rotating ring of the bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.