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US 10,718,688 B2Granted
Brush holder marking system and associated maintenance
AssigneeCutsforth, Inc.
InventorRobert S. Cutsforth
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Abstract
A marking system for knowing precisely at which location on an electrical device a used brush and associated brush holder assembly were positioned to evaluate whether abnormal brush wear, abnormal operation or other anomaly is occurring and performing maintenance and/or replacement of components as needed.
Claims26
A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, comprising:
- mounting a brush holder assembly at a position on an electrical generator, the position being one of a plurality of possible positions corresponding to one of a plurality of mounting members secured to a stationary structure of the electrical generator;
- and
- establishing an identifying link between the brush holder assembly and the position on the electrical generator to which the brush holder assembly is mounted;
- wherein each of the plurality of possible positions is uniquely identifiable from each other.
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A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, comprising:
- mounting a brush holder assembly at a position on an electrical generator, the position being one of a plurality of possible positions corresponding to one of a plurality of mounting members secured to a stationary structure of the electrical generator;
- and
- establishing an identifying link between the brush holder assembly and the position on the electrical generator to which the brush holder assembly is mounted;
- wherein a unique identifying element is associated with each of plurality of mounting members.
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A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, comprising:
- mounting a brush holder assembly at a position on an electrical generator, the position being one of a plurality of possible positions corresponding to one of a plurality of mounting members secured to a stationary structure of the electrical generator;
- and
- establishing an identifying link between the brush holder assembly and the position on the electrical generator to which the brush holder assembly is mounted;
- comparing usage data associated with the brush holder assembly to historical usage data associated with a previous brush holder assembly mounted at the same position on the electrical generator.
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A method of monitoring brush holder assemblies on an electrical device, comprising:
- mounting a first brush holder assembly at a first position on an electrical device corresponding to a first mounting member secured to a stationary structure of the electrical device;
- establishing a first identifying link between the first brush holder assembly and the first position on the electrical device to which the first brush holder assembly is mounted;
- mounting a second brush holder assembly at a second position on an electrical device corresponding to a second mounting member secured to a stationary structure of the electrical device;
- and
- establishing a second identifying link between the second brush holder assembly and the second position on the electrical device to which the second brush holder assembly is mounted;
- wherein the second identifying link is unique from the first identifying link.
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A method of monitoring a brush holder assembly, comprising:
- mounting a first brush holder assembly at a first position on an electrical device corresponding to a first mounting member secured to a stationary structure of the electrical device;
- registering a first relationship between the first brush holder assembly and the first position on the electrical device to which the first brush holder assembly is mounted;
- mounting a second brush holder assembly at a second position on an electrical device corresponding to a second mounting member secured to a stationary structure of the electrical device;
- and
- registering a second relationship between the second brush holder assembly and the second position on the electrical device to which the second brush holder assembly is mounted;
- wherein the second relationship is unique from the first relationship.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.